Noun has 3 senses

• castration(n = noun.act) emasculation - neutering a male animal by removing the testicles;

Derived form verb castrate₃

• 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"

Derived form verb castrate₄

• castration(n = noun.act) expurgation - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work;


Derived form verb castrate₂