English dictionary

purification

/,p/j//U/r/i/f/I/'k/eI//S//@/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities

noun.act

Source: WordNet 3.0
the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

noun.process

Synonyms refinement refining

Source: WordNet 3.0
a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites

noun.act

Synonyms purgation

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing

noun.act

Examples
Purification through repentance.

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the <i>purification</i> of liquors, or of metals.

noun

Source: webster1913