the act or practice of censoring.

the office or power of a censor.

the time during which a censor holds office.

the inhibiting and distorting activity of the Freudian censor.

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approval , compliment , encouragement , endorsement , praise , recommendation , sanction

noun

blackout * , blue pencil , bowdlerization , control , forbidding , hush up * , infringing on rights , iron curtain , restriction , suppression , thought control