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purgation

English

  1. 🔊 a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
  2. 🔊 the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
  3. 🔊 purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels

Similar words

purge purging purification catharsis katharsis bm day of atonement yom kippur abreaction absolution abstersion acquittal acquittance acting-out asceticism bloody flux bowdlerization bowel movement catharsis cleaning cleansing clearance clearing cold purgatorial fires