purging

Plural: purgings

Noun

• The act or process of cleansing or freeing from impurities.
• an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
• the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
• The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing
• A removal of undesirable people.
• The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing
• The cleansing of a device by flushing it with water, steam, or some other liquid or gas.
• The removal of waste from the human body
• The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomiting, etc.
• The removal of waste from the human body
• The removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.
• Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.
• That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.
• Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed.

Verb

• oust politically
• clear of a charge
• make pure or free from sin or guilt
• rid of impurities
• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
• excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
• present participle and gerund of purge

Adjective

• serving to purge or rid of sin

Examples

• The PURGING of low-value letters from his rack was crucial for a high score.

Synonyms

barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, flush, honk, puke, purgation, purgatorial, purge, purify, purifying, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sanctify, scour, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, and Thesaurus:feces, blood, defecation, sin, vomiting and Thesaurus:regurgitate, witchhunt

Antonyms

keep down, rehabilitate

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