purgation
Plural: purgations
Noun
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English purgacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman purgacion, itself borrowed from Latin pūrgātiō; equivalent to purge + -ation.
Scrabble Score: 12
purgation: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpurgation: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
purgation: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
purgation: valid Words With Friends Word