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PURIFYING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acting like an antiseptic
Synonyms:
cleansing; purifying
Classified under:
Similar:
antiseptic (thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Freeing from noxious matter
Example:
filtration is a purifying agent
Classified under:
Similar:
ablutionary; cleansing (cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands)
antiseptic (freeing from error or corruption)
detergent; detersive (having cleansing power)
Antonym:
adulterating (making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Serving to purge or rid of sin
Example:
purgatorial rites
Synonyms:
purgatorial; purging; purifying
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
purgation (the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb purify
