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The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing A removal of undesirable people.
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The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing The cleansing of a device by flushing it with water, steam, or some other liquid or gas.
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The removal of waste from the human body The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomiting, etc.
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The removal of waste from the human body The removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.
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Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.
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He had violent pains in his belly, and purgings...
That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.
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Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed.
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The process in which acne temporarily worsened due to the introduction of skincare products that increase cell turnover, bringing underlying acne to the surface more quickly.
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Skin purging looks a lot like acne, but they are not the same. Skin purging may have many of the skin issues of acne, but it’s the storm before the calm, versus the other way around.
Adjective
serving to purge or rid of sin
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purgatorial rites
Noun
an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
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the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
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