purge

Meanings

1. To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.
2. To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
3. To free from sin, guilt, or burden.
4. To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
5. To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
6. To forcibly remove, for example, from political activity.
7. To forcibly remove people by an organization.
8. To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
9. To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
10. To become pure, as by clarification.
11. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
12. To trim, dress, or prune.

1. An act or instance of purging.
2. An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.
3. Something which or someone who purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
4. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
5. An act or instance of the cleansing of pipes.
6. A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".
7. The temporarily worsening of acne due to the introduction of skincare products that increase cell turnover, bringing underlying blemishes to the surface more quickly.

Etymology

From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“to make pure, to cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“to make, to do”).