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
This Earth sign has everything to do with purification, organization and making life work better.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Without fire, fugitives are forced to rely on chemical purification like iodine tablets or risk drinking untreated water.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Rumors of a Satanic curse on the event skittered around the Haight, so early on the morning of the 14th, Ginsberg, Snyder, and Alan Watts conducted a pradakshina, a Buddhist purification rite.
—Dennis McNally, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
And a final purification step removes any water that migrated through the membrane.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2023
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Without fire, fugitives are forced to rely on chemical purification like iodine tablets or risk drinking untreated water.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Rumors of a Satanic curse on the event skittered around the Haight, so early on the morning of the 14th, Ginsberg, Snyder, and Alan Watts conducted a pradakshina, a Buddhist purification rite.
—Dennis McNally, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
And a final purification step removes any water that migrated through the membrane.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2023
See All Example Sentences for purification
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purification
Noun
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Face washing allows for thorough cleansing if done properly, which allows the skin to better absorb moisturizers or treatments that may be applied afterwards.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
16 Sep. 2025
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Clean thinking New from K-beauty brand, Belif, is the Aqua Bomb Smart Cleansing Oil Balm—a soothing cleansing balm that gently removes all traces of makeup (and travel grime) in one step.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many members of the Venezuelan opposition, Straka said, have long relished calling out government supporters for treating Hugo Chávez, Maduro’s predecessor, as a messiah, but they can be faulted for believing, with similar fervor, that American salvation is coming.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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At the film's center is Ingrid Luna/Aurora/the Spider Woman, the arbiter of Molina's salvation and the bearer of the kiss of death.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Purification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purification. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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