decensor

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verb

To restore, recreate or reconstruct the objectionable content of a work.

“Later on Alice, decensored her painting by painting over the fig leaves she had been forced to put in.”

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Meanings

verbdecensor (third-person singular simple present decensors, present participle decensoring, simple past and past participle decensored)

present singular third person decensors · participle present decensoring · participle past decensored · past decensored

  1. transitiveTo restore, recreate or reconstruct the objectionable content of a work.

    Later on Alice, decensored her painting by painting over the fig leaves she had been forced to put in.

Origin

From de- + censor.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

censoredseconderseedcorn
Cite this entry
APA

decensor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decensor

MLA

“decensor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decensor. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decensor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decensor.

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