purgation
Meanings
noun
- The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
- The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
- Exoneration or the act undertaken to achieve exoneration.
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From Middle English purgacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman purgacion, itself borrowed from Latin pūrgātiō; equivalent to purge + -ation.
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