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This is not to make the argument that recessions are "cleansing".

From Economist • Oct. 16, 2012

The Hindu idea is that kine are cleansing or sanctifying.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Whatever she was—I know she was not bad, not a bit of it—the spirit of the hills had entered into her—and those are cleansing airs up there.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

And now," said General Belmont, "while we are cleansing the Augean stables, we may as well remove the cause as the effect.

From The Marrow of Tradition by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell)

Certain mountains also are cleansing, as also the eating of gold and bathing in waters into which have been dipped gems and precious stones.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan