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1. Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
   - catharsis, katharsis
    
2. A ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
   - purification
    
3. The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
   - purge, purging

Derived forms: purgations

See also: purge, purifying

Type of: ceremony, clearing, purge, purging

Encyclopedia: Purgation