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purgation

 
Dictionary: pur·ga·tion   (pûr-gā'shən) pronunciation
n.
The act of purging or purifying.


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noun

  1. A freeing from sin, guilt, or defilement: lustration, purification. See clean/dirty, religion.
  2. The act or process of discharging bodily wastes or foreign substances: elimination, evacuation, excretion. Medicine catharsis. See keep/release.

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The effect of a purge; catharsis; purging effected by a cathartic medicine.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - renselse, afføring

Nederlands (Dutch)
zuivering

Français (French)
n. - (Relig) purgation, purification, (Méd) purge

Deutsch (German)
n. - Darmentleerung, Reinigung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κάθαρση, καθαρμός

Italiano (Italian)
purga, purificazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - purga (f)

Русский (Russian)
очищение, чистка

Español (Spanish)
n. - purga, depuración, purificación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rening, laxering (läk.), rentvående (jur.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
清洁, 通便, 净化, 涤罪

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 清潔, 通便, 淨化, 滌罪

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 깨끗하게 하기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 罪を清めること, 浄化, 通じを付けること

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تطهير, تنقيه نفس, تسهيل الأمعاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טיהור, הרקת מעיים, טיהור רוחני, בייחוד של הנשמה בכור המצרף‬


 
 
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