Purging

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Any purifying process.
  • noun. A diarrhea or dysentery; looseness of the bowels.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. That purges; cleansing.
  • adjective. an annual European plant of the genus Linum (Linum catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine.
  • noun. The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.
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  • verb. Present participle of purge.
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  • adjective. serving to purge or rid of sin
  • noun. an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
  • noun. the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
    • Word Usage
    "Malan identified what he calls the purging of whites from the ranks of civil service as the root cause of the decay."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    converging  diverging  emerging  merging  resurging  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    absolution  abstergent  abstersion  acquittal  acquittance  
    verb-stem
    purge  
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