expurgation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

expurgation (countable and uncountable, plural expurgations)

1. The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spyʁ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pur‧ga‧tion

expurgation f (plural expurgations)

1. expurgation

• “expurgation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.