purification

purification is a 12-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 23 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.
2. noun. The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
3. noun. A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
4. noun. the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing

   "purification through repentance"

5. noun. a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites

   Synonyms: purgation

6. noun. the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
7. noun. the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

   Synonyms: refinement, refining

Synonyms

purgation, refinement, refining

Common word forms

purifications

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