expurgatio

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Latin

Etymology

expūrgō +‎ -tiō

Noun

expūrgātiō f (genitive expūrgātiōnis); third declension

  1. justification, vindication, excuse
  2. cleansing; expurgation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • expurgatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • expurgatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.