purification

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purification  /ˌpjʊ rə fə ˈkeɪ ʃən/ ? Meaning of "purification"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
  2. (n) the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
  3. (n) a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
  4. (n) the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing

Synonym(s)

refinement, refining

Usage(s):

  1. Carefully calculated assessments have enabled the Verband to build 102 purification plants since 1948, and encourage members to clean up their own wastes.
  2. Author Seabrook understood the totality of this abandon following as it did upon ceremonial Voodoo rites of purification.
  3. The company is not telling how the purification was achieved, and its photograph shows particles of different sizes.
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