censoring

Verb

censor (third-person singular simple present censors, present participle censoring, simple past and past participle censored)

1. (transitive) To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).
   • The people responsible for censoring films have seen some startling things in their time.

   Synonyms:

   bowdlerize, expurgate, expunge, redact

   Antonyms:

   decensor

2. (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To partially obscure an observation.
   • Early dropout is one cause of right-censoring.

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