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purgation
 
Noun purgation has 3 senses
  1. catharsis, katharsis, purgation - purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
    --1 is a kind of purge, purging
    Derived form: verb purge7
  2. purification, purgation - a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
    --2 is a kind of ceremony
    Derived form: verb purge3
  3. purge, purging, purgation - the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
    --3 is a kind of clearing
    --3 has particulars: purification
    Derived form: verb purge2
pureblood pureblooded purebred puree pureed purely pureness purest purgation purgative purgatorial purgatorium purgatory purgaytory purge purge purged

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