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purgation

[ pur-gey-shuhn ]
/ 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 pūruspure) + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM purgation

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

Words nearby purgation

Pure Land sects, pure line, purely, pure reason, purfle, purgation, purgative, Purgatoire, purgatorial, purgatory, purge
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Words related to purgation

cut, destruction, discard, displacement, ejection, eradication, evacuation, exclusion, excretion, expulsion, extermination, omission, purification, rejection, riddance, withdrawal, dropping

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British Dictionary definitions for purgation

purgation
/ (pɜːˈɡeɪʃən) /
noun
the act of purging or state of being purged; purification
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Medical definitions for purgation

purgation
[ pûr-gā′shən ]
n.
Evacuation of the bowels through the use of a purgative medicine.
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