purging

POS

Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

purg=ing

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun purging has 2 senses

purging(n = noun.act) purge - an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements; Array

is a kind of cleaning, cleansing, cleanup

has particulars: abreaction, catharsis, katharsis, catharsis, katharsis, purgation

Derived form verb purge₄

purging(n = noun.act) purgation, purge - the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge; Array

has particulars: purification

is a kind of clearing

Derived form verb purge₄

Adjective purging has 1 sense

purging(a = adj.pert) purgatorial, purifying - serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

purging, a.

That purges; cleansing. [1913 Webster]

Purging flax (Bot.), an annual European plant of the genus Linum (Linum catharticum); dwarf wild flax; -- so called from its use as a cathartic medicine.

purging, n.

The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea. [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

purging

absolution, abstergent, abstersion, acquittal, acquittance, assassination, bloody murder, bowdlerization, bumping-off, catharsis, cathartic, cleaning, cleansing, clearance, clearing, compurgation, deliverance, depurative, destigmatization, destigmatizing, detergent, detersion, discharge, disculpation, dismissal, diuretic, dry cleaning, elimination, emetic, emotional release, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, explanation, expurgation, expurgatory, forgiveness, foul play, freeing, homicide, intermission, justification, liquidation, lustral, lustration, manslaughter, murder, pardon, purgation, purgative, purge, purification, purificatory, purifying, quietus, quittance, rationalization, rehabilitation, reinstatement, release, remission, removal, reprieve, respite, restoration, steam cleaning, surcease, suspension, thuggee, thuggery, thuggism, verdict of acquittal, vindication

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