purgation

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

reiniging

zuivering

wasbeurt

Synoniemen

purification

catharsis

purge

cleaning

purging

katharsis

lustration

evacuation

expiation

cleanup

expurgation

sanitization

cleansing

clean-up

quarantine

refinement

rinse

scavenging

washing

depuration

Etymologie (Engels)

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