Synonyms of purging

purging

verb

present participle of purge

as in restoring

to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially

a day on which the faithful are expected to purge themselves of their sins through prayer and fasting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restoring
• cleansing
• healing
• purifying
• sanctifying
• improving
• refining
• amending
• clearing
• regenerating
• uplifting
• elevating
• vindicating
• acquitting
• ennobling
• exonerating
• absolving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• degrading
• corrupting
• staining
• warping
• defiling
• debasing
• debauching
• poisoning
• demeaning
• perverting
• depraving
• profaning
• prostituting
• tarnishing
• sullying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of purging

Add things like purging closets and cleaning windows to your calendar on a regular basis, rather than having one big cleaning spree every spring. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026

When purging categories was proposed during that period, it was met with fierce resistance from the Writers branch, as well as WGA. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 July 2026

That’s the upshot of purging most expensive veterans and investing in draft picks, as the Dolphins have. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

Irina and Raskova will enjoy a long, successful professional collaboration, purging Star City of traitors and threats and bringing down Petrovsky in a plot that leads to his ending his life in ignominy, having confessed to crimes against the state. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Like the election of 1892, which Republicans tried to control by admitting six western states to the union and purging voter rolls. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026

Days after Trump took office, the Health and Human Services Department began purging all references to DEI from the websites of its agencies. — John Wilkerson, STAT, 6 July 2026

Lower courts have ruled against Arizona’s method of purging voter rolls within 90 days of an election. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026

Here was a symbolic way of purging Hindu society of untouchability. — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026