| ADJECTIVE | pert | purifying, purgatorial, purging | serving to purge or rid of sin |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | purifying | freeing from noxious matter | |
| all | purifying, cleansing | acting like an antiseptic |
| Sounds | pyuh'rahfay.ihng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Serving to purge or rid of sin. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | purgatorial, purging | |
| Spanish | purgativo, purificador | |
| Nouns | purgation | the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge |
| Meaning | Freeing from noxious matter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "filtration is a purifying agent" | |
| Narrower | ablutionary, cleansing | cleansing the body by washing |
| antiseptic | Freeing from error or corruption | |
| detergent, detersive | Having cleansing power | |
| Opposite | adulterating, adulterant | making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials |
| Spanish | purificador | |
| Meaning | Acting like an antiseptic. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | cleansing | |
| Broader | antiseptic | Thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms |
| Spanish | limpiador, purificador | |
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