purgation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
2. (countable, uncountable) The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Exoneration or the act undertaken to achieve exoneration.

Concepts

purification

défoulement

épuration

catharsis

nettoyage

purge

lavage

Synonymes

purification

catharsis

purge

cleaning

purging

katharsis

lustration

evacuation

expiation

cleanup

expurgation

sanitization

cleansing

clean-up

quarantine

refinement

rinse

scavenging

washing

depuration

Traductions

temizleme

purgación

Reinigung

κάθαρση

paklama

Säuberungsaktion

εξαγνισμός

depuració

Reinemachen

expurgació

Waschen

κάθαρση εκκλησιαστική

κάθαρση ιατρική

epurazione

Reinigen

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: purgacioun

In summary

From Middle English purgacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman purgacion, itself borrowed from Latin pūrgātiō; equivalent to purge + -ation.