purgation

[ pur-gey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of purging.

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 pūruspure) + -iōn--ion

Other words from purgation

non·pur·ga·tion, noun
su·per·pur·ga·tion, noun

Words Nearby purgation

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How to use purgation in a sentence

A century will pass before Lyons will recover itself from this Jacobin purgation.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 | Lt-Col. Pinkney
We are angels when we come to cure—devils when we ask payment—but I will administer a purgation to his purse I warrant him.
The Abbot | Sir Walter Scott
What chance was there after the purgation I was now suffering, that I should come out acquitted at last?
Caleb Williams | William Godwin
In rapid cases rest, liquid diet, purgation, and firm bandaging of the legs are indicated.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Various
The method of the Parmenides may be compared with the process of purgation, which Bacon sought to introduce into philosophy.
Parmenides | Plato

British Dictionary definitions for purgation

purgation

/ (pɜːˈɡeɪʃən) /

noun

the act of purging or state of being purged; purification

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