| NOUN | act | purification | the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities |
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| process | purification, refining, refinement | the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) | |
| act | purification, purgation | a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites / rites | |
| act | purification | the act of purging of sin or guilt |
| Sounds | pyuh.rahfahkey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities. | |
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| Broader | cleaning, cleansing, cleanup | The act of making something clean |
| Spanish | depuración, purificación | |
| Catalan | depuració, purificació | |
| Verbs | purify | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation |
| Meaning | The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.). | |
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| Synonyms | refining, refinement | |
| Narrower | rectification | (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation |
| Broader | processing | Preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure |
| Spanish | refinación, refinado, refinadura, refino | |
| Catalan | refinació, refinament, refinatge | |
| Verbs | purify | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation |
| Meaning | A ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites / rites. | |
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| Synonym | purgation | |
| Broader | ceremony | The proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion |
| Spanish | purgación, purificación | |
| Verbs | purify | make pure or free from sin or guilt |
| Meaning | The act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing. | |
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| Example | "purification through repentance" | |
| Broader | purge, purging, purgation | The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge |
| Spanish | purificación | |
| Catalan | purificació | |
| Verbs | purify | become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin |
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