| noun | a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction “eunuchs guarded the harem” |
| verb | deprive of strength or vigor “The Senate emasculated the law” |
| verb | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate “bowdlerize a novel” |
| verb | remove the testicles of a male animal |
| verb | remove the ovaries of “Is your cat spayed?” |
| castrate | verb | remove the testicles of a male animal |
| emasculation | noun | loss of power and masculinity |
| bowdlerization | noun | written material that has been bowdlerized |
| bowdlerizer | noun | a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages |
| bowdlerisation | noun | written material that has been bowdlerized |
| Bowdler | noun | English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) |
| bowdleriser | noun | a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages |
| expurgation | noun | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work |
| expurgator | noun | a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages |
| castration | noun | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work |
| castrate | noun | a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction |
| spaying | noun | neutering a female by removing the ovaries |
| neutering | noun | the sterilization of an animal |
| neuter | noun | a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) |