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Abluent

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ab⋅lu⋅ent

[ab-loo-uhnt]
–adjective
1. serving to cleanse.
–noun
2. a cleansing agent.

Origin:
1745–55; < L abluent- (s. of abluēns, prp. of abluere to wash away), equiv. to ab- ab- + -lū- comb. form of lavere to wash + -ent -ent
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