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      purging
      noun
      the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
      an act of removing by cleansing
      adjective
      serving to purge or rid of sin
      Roots
      purgarepurg- · Latin · to cleanse
      Synonyms for purging
      purgationnpurifyingadjabstersionncleansingnabstergentadjpurificationndetersionncleaningnexpurgationnpurgativenpurificatoryadj
      Words related to purging
      expurgeabstersiveadjpurgernpurgatorialadjpurgedvpurgativelyadvpurgesvexpurgatingvablutionaryadjmundificationnepurationndepuratorepuratevcleansableadjdepurationndepuratoryadjdepuratevpurificativeadjmundifyvabluentadjmundificativeadjlustratevprecleaningemptyingndetergevcleansedvrepurifyvcleansesvabsterge

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