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English to English noun
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the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities |  | source: wordnet30
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the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) |  | source: wordnet30
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a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites |  | source: wordnet30
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the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing |  | Example: purification through repentance
source: wordnet30
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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