Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Censorship \Cen"sor*ship\, n.
   The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a
   censorship. --Holland.

         The press was not indeed at that moment under a general
         censorship.                              --Macaulay.

Source : WordNet®

censorship
     n 1: counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any
          information of value to the enemy [syn: {censoring}, {security
          review}]
     2: deleting parts of publications or correspondence or
        theatrical performances [syn: {censoring}]