1. The act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities 
2. The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
   - refining, refinement 
3. A ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
   - purgation 
4. The act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing
   "purification through repentance"

Derived forms: purifications

See also: purify

Type of: ceremony, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, processing, purgation, purge, purging

Encyclopedia: Purification

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