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1. An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
   - purge
    
2. The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
   - purge, purgation

1. Serving to purge or rid of sin
   - purgatorial, purifying

1. Oust politically
   "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
    
2. Clear of a charge
    
3. Make pure or free from sin or guilt
   - purify, sanctify
    
4. Rid of impurities
   "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
    
5. Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
   "purge the old gas tank"
   - flush, scour
    
6. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "He purged continuously"
   - vomit, vomit up, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, barf, spew, spue [archaic], chuck, upchuck [N. Amer], honk, regurgitate, throw up, chuck up [Brit], chunder [Brit]
    
7. Excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
   "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"

Derived forms: purgings

See also: purgation, purgative

Type of: acquit, alter, assoil, care for, change, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, clear, clearing, discharge, distil [Brit], distill [N. Amer], egest, eliminate, excrete, exculpate, exonerate, make pure, modify, oppress, pass, persecute, purify, rinse, rinse off, sublimate, treat

Antonym: rehabilitate

Encyclopedia: Purge