purification

Meanings

Plural: purifications

Noun

• the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
• the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
• a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
• the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing
  • "purification through repentance"
• The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
• A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
• The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.

Synonyms

purgation, refinement, refining

Related Words

purificational, purificative, purificatory