English dictionary

cleanse

/kl/E/nz/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

verb.body

Synonyms clean

Source: WordNet 3.0
purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins

verb.change

Examples
Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.

verb

Source: webster1913