purification

Noun

Meaning

The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.

The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.

A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

refinement distillation filtration cleansing purging sanctification rectification filtering detoxification purgation refining expurgation decontamination reformation treatment
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Antonyms

death food blight decimation damage consumption
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Hypernyms

ceremony cleaning purge cleansing purging processing

Hyponyms

rectification

Related terms

purificative purificatory purificational

Phrases with the word

exhaust purification air purification chemical purification the day of purification air purification device

Examples

purification through repentance Source: Internet

A common Arabic term for purification has the root t-h-r, used for male and female circumcision (tahur and tahara). Source: Internet

Activated charcoal is used as a final purification step, usually resulting in 99.995% pure Grade-A helium. Source: Internet

After dissolution the barium and radium are reprecipitated as sulfates and this was repeated one or few times, for further purification of the mixed sulfate. Source: Internet

After filtering and purification the iodine is packed. Source: Internet

Answers.com 06 Jun. 2007. ) is used for the first time to describe a state of painful purification of the saved after life. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

purifactory purifiability purifiable Purification Rundown purificational purificative