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verb
To discharge (wastes or foreign substances) from the body
Synonyms: excreting, evacuating, eliminating
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verb
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Synonyms: liquidating, removing, exterminating, regurgitating, unloading, ridding, honking, purifying, chucking, ousting, spewing, puking, exonerating, eliminating, exculpating, retching, eradicating, erasing, disgorging, clearing, casting, cleansing, vomiting, absolving
Antonyms: rehabilitating
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verb
Make pure or free from sin or guilt
Synonyms: purifying, clarifying, scouring, sanctifying, flushing, clearing, cleansing
Antonyms: maintaining, holding, keeping
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verb
To free from a charge or imputation of guilt
Synonyms: acquitting, vindicating, exonerating, exculpating, clearing, absolving
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noun
An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
Synonyms: purge, purgation
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adjective
Serving to purge or rid of sin
Synonyms: purgatorial, purifying