purging

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

present participle and gerund of purge

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing
2. (countable, uncountable) The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing
3. (countable, uncountable) The removal of waste from the human body
4. (countable, uncountable) The removal of waste from the human body
5. (countable, uncountable) Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.
6. (countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable) That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.
7. (countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable) Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed.

purge

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Concepts

épuration

nettoyage

purge

purification

Synonymes

purification

purge

purgation

refinement

diarrhoea

purgatorial

purifying

flushing

liquidation

looseness

propitiatory

relaxation

evacuation of the bowels

blasting

blow wash

catharsis

cathartic

cleaning up

clean up

emptying

expiatory

Traductions

expurgació

reinigend

abführende

löschende

purgació

Säuberung

εκκαθάριση

depurazione

epurazione

purga

purificazione

catharsis

depuração

purgação

depurador

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: purgynge

In summary

From Middle English purgynge; equivalent to purge + -ing.