purgation

A century will pass before Lyons will recover itself from this Jacobin purgation.

We are angels when we come to cure—devils when we ask payment—but I will administer a purgation to his purse I warrant him.

What chance was there after the purgation I was now suffering, that I should come out acquitted at last?

In rapid cases rest, liquid diet, purgation, and firm bandaging of the legs are indicated.

The method of the Parmenides may be compared with the process of purgation, which Bacon sought to introduce into philosophy.