1. The act of making something clean
   - cleaning, cleanup

1. Cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands
   - ablutionary 
2. Acting like an antiseptic
   - purifying

1. Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
   - clean 
2. Purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
   "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

Derived forms: cleansings

See also: antiseptic, cleanser, purifying

Type of: disembarrass, free, groom, improvement, neaten, rid

Encyclopedia: Cleanse

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