Censorship

n.

1.

The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship. The press was not indeed at that moment under a general censorship. - Macaulay.

Noun	1.	censorship - counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy Synonyms: censoring, security review
	2.	censorship - deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances Synonyms: censoring

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