as in cleansing
the act or fact of freeing from sin or moral guilt
some people must undergo a ritual purification after certain activities
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Recent Examples of purification
When Mercury and Mars move into adventurous Sagittarius and your dutiful sixth house, the mood shifts toward productivity and purification.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The process makes such clean sodium fluoride that it can immediately be used without any additional purification steps.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
There are four purification speeds and a Clean Sense IQ monitor that automatically adjusts power depending on air quality.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Depending on the season, choose between a cooling fan mode or a backward air flow for sole purification.
—PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The process makes such clean sodium fluoride that it can immediately be used without any additional purification steps.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
There are four purification speeds and a Clean Sense IQ monitor that automatically adjusts power depending on air quality.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Depending on the season, choose between a cooling fan mode or a backward air flow for sole purification.
—PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purification
Noun
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The interaction was made even more awkward by the fact that Shannon was already standing right there with arms wide open in anticipation of a warm, cleansing embrace.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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In Costa Rica, Hacienda AltaGracia, Auberge Collection offers the River Bath — an aura cleansing ritual that involves a detoxifying scrub and a warm herbal soak to a soundtrack of birdsong and flowing water.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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The whole album is full of sweaty men driving around alone at night, praying for some rock & roll salvation on the radio.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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The Vatican is set to settle a longstanding debate over the role of the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ’s mother, in salvation.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Purification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purification. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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