bowdlerization

The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.

Alternative letter-case form of bowdlerization.

We have had adaptations of Dickens and Scott, and even George Eliot, for children, and Bowdlerizations of the Arabian Nights and the popular fairy tales.

For other Bowdlerizations and deletions the publishers and their editor are responsible.