noun
1. counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑censoring, ↑security review
• Hypernyms: ↑counterintelligence
• Hyponyms: ↑military censorship, ↑national censorship
2. deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
• Syn: ↑censoring
• Derivationally related forms: ↑censor
• Hypernyms: ↑deletion
• Hyponyms: ↑Bowdlerism, ↑Comstockery
Useful english dictionary. 2012.