purgation

[ pur-gey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of purging.

Origin of purgation

1
1325–75; Middle English purgacioun (<Anglo-French ) <Latin pūrgātiōn- (stem of pūrgātiō) a cleansing, purging, equivalent to pūrgāt(us) (past participle of pūrgāre to make clean or pure, derivative of pūruspure) + -iōn--ion

Other words from purgation

  • non·pur·ga·tion, noun
  • su·per·pur·ga·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for purgation

purgation

/ (pɜːˈɡeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of purging or state of being purged; purification

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