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purification

DEFINITIONS OF: purification

1

n the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities

Type of:
cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
the act of making something clean

n the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

Synonyms:
refinement, refining
Types:
rectification
(chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
Type of:
processing
preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure

n the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing

“purification through repentance”
Type of:
purgation, purge, purging
the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

n a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites

Synonyms:
purgation
Type of:
ceremony
the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
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