Definitions for Purification

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. purification(noun)

    the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities

  2. refining, refinement, purification(noun)

    the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

  3. purification, purgation(noun)

    a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites

  4. purification(noun)

    the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing

    "purification through repentance"

Wiktionary

  1. purification(Noun)

    The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.

  2. purification(Noun)

    A religious act in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Purification(noun)

    the act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals

  2. Purification(noun)

    the act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement

  3. Purification(noun)

    a cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations


Translations for Purification

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

purification(noun)

to make pure

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