abliteration

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noun

The process of uncensoring a large language model by modifying internal functions to eliminate refusal behaviors while preserving the remaining functions of the model.

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Meanings

nounabliteration (countable and uncountable, plural abliterations)

plural abliterations

  1. countableneologismuncountableartificial intelligencecomputingThe process of uncensoring a large language model by modifying internal functions to eliminate refusal behaviors while preserving the remaining functions of the model.

    We applied abliteration to Daredevil-8B to uncensor it, which also degraded the model's performance.

    2024 June 13, Maxime Labonne, “Uncensor any LLM with abliteration”, in Hugging Face Blog, retrieved 29 May 2025

Origin

Blend of ablate + obliteration, see abliterate.

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APA

abliteration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abliteration

MLA

“abliteration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abliteration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abliteration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abliteration.

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