purgation

[ pur-gey-shuh n ]

/ pɜrˈgeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of purging.

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Origin of purgation

1325–75; Middle English purgacioun (< Anglo-French) < Latin pūrgātiōn- (stem of pūrgātiō) a cleansing, purging, equivalent to pūrgāt(us) (past participle of pūrgāre to make clean or pure, derivative of pūrus pure) + -iōn- -ion

Related formsnon·pur·ga·tion, nounsu·per·pur·ga·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for purgation

In this purgation all strangers resident with Israel are specially included.
The Expositor's Bible:The Book of Numbers|Robert A. Watson
Purgation may be present, and in some instances the whole of the hair has fallen off.
The Dog|Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson
But apparently when you are put to your purgation it is most emphatically otherwise.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Earle Goodwine was also put to his purgation, by taking an oth that he was not guiltie.
Holinshed Chronicles, Volume I, Complete|Raphaell Holinshed

The irritation is even more noticeable, and purgation is likely to be a more prominent symptom.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture

British Dictionary definitions for purgation

purgation

/ (pɜːˈɡeɪʃən) /

noun

the act of purging or state of being purged; purification

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Word Origin and History for purgation

purgation

late 14c., "purification from sin," also "discharge of waste," from Old French purgacion "a cleansing," medical or spiritual (12c., Modern French purgation) and directly from Latin purgationem (nominative purgatio) "a cleansing, purging," figuratively "an apology, justification," noun of action from past participle stem of purgare (see purge (v.)).