expurgātĭo

ōnis, f.

expurgo, II.

I. a justification, vindication, excuse (a Plautin. word): habui expurgationem, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 10; id. Merc. 5, 3, 4 (Ritschl, expurigationem).
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
← expŭo Dictionary ex-purgo →
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