1. castration(n = noun.act) emasculation - neutering a male animal by removing the testicles;
is a kind of altering, fixing, neutering
Derived form verb castrate3
2. castration(n = noun.act) - surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); "bilateral castration results in sterilization"
is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
Derived form verb castrate4
3. castration(n = noun.act) expurgation - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work;
is a kind of deletion
has particulars: bowdlerisation, bowdlerization
Derived form verb castrate2
The act of castrating. [1913 Webster]