Associations to the word «Castration»

Wiktionary

CASTRATION, noun. The act of removing the testicles.
CASTRATION, noun. (figuratively) Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.

Dictionary definition

CASTRATION, noun. Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles.
CASTRATION, noun. 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".
CASTRATION, noun. The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King