purification
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purification
- /ˌpjʊəɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Old French purificacion, from Latin pūrificātiō.
noun purifications
- The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities. air purification
- A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin. purification of the soul
- The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: depuration, cleansing, purify, purifying, lustration, purge, sanitation, decontamination, disinfection, refinement, scrubbing, distillation, scrubber, treatment, wastewater, sewage
Translations
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noun act of purifying
| Español | fundición, purificación, limpia |
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| 한국어 | 정화 jeonghwa |
| 日本語 | 浄化 jōka |
| 中文 | 使純淨 /使纯净 shǐ chúnjìng, 使潔淨 /使洁净 shǐ jiéjìng, 純化 /纯化 chúnhuà, 淨化 /净化 jìnghuà |
| हिन्दी | शोधन śodhan |
| Português | purificação |
| Français | purification |
| Deutsch | Reinigung |
| Italiano | purificazione |
| Ελληνικά | εξαγνισμός exagnismós, κάθαρση kátharsi, καθαρμός katharmós |
| Română | purificare, curățire |
| Русский | очи́стка očístka, очище́ние očiščénije, пурификация purifikacija |
| العربية | تَطْهِير taṭhīr |
noun religious act or rite where a person is made clean
| हिन्दी | शुद्धिकरण śuddhikraṇ |
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Talk about this word "purification." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/purification. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. purification. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/purification "purification." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/purification.Cite this
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title = {purification},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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