a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
someone who censures or condemns
subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"
a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion
(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
a supplier (especially of narcotics)
(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); "he has powerful connections"
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
a connecting shape
the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children"
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
friendly and pleasant; "a sociable gathering"
inclined to or conducive to companionship with others; "a sociable occasion"; "enjoyed a sociable chat"; "a sociable conversation"; "Americans are sociable and gregarious"
a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects