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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Of course, cleansing is her first step.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
4 Nov. 2025
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The brand also recommends using a leather cleansing cream to treat the shoes for ensured longevity.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Traditional holiday themes of generosity, salvation, and tradition are mostly absent here.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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And all of that offers a certain salvation, a shelter of sorts from the unjustly brief and linear time we are given.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Purification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purification. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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