censorship

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English censor Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English censorship From censor + -ship.

1. The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated.

   “[…] such a curious thing — it is the only thing left of the old censorship of the press."”

   “During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort.”

2. The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.