cleanse

Meaning

Verb

1. To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
2. To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
3. To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.

Noun

An act of cleansing; a purification.

Synonyms

purify

wash

🧽

clean

purge

make clean

rinse

scour

refine

wash away

bathe

clear

make pure

distill

scrub

wipe

wash clean

rub

sanctify

exorcise

launder

filter

douche

groom

absterge

tidy

rectify

strain

expurgate

sanitize

clarify

scavenge

immerse

sift

chastise

flush

wash out

process

polish

🇵🇱

shampoo

repent

rub up

sanitise

scavenging

slick down

smarten up

smooth

soak

spruce

tidy up

trim

unblock

understand

wash off

weed

whiten

wipe off

depuration

dress out

houseclean

make white

spruce up

sweep clean

wash clothes

outside the house

deterge

be clean

clean house

purify the mind

wash and iron

imperial power

(to) sanitize

abrade

(to) sanitise

absolve

bleach

bright

brilliant

cleanliness

clean up

clear away

clear out

confess

correct

corrode

decontamination

defecate

depurate

difficult

disinfect

dress

👗

erode

exorcize

expiate

fettle

finish up

flux

free

🆓

hallow

illustrate

intelligent

lave

laxative

light

lustrate

neaten

net

pure

purification

purifying

purity

rarefy

Translations

purifier

nettoyer

purificar

limpiar

reinigen

zuiveren

reinigen

säubern

schoonmaken

louteren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klɛnz/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: clǣnsian

In summary

From Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōną, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clean”). Cognate with archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean; to purify”).