Synonym of Purifying

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purifying
Synonyms and related words:
abstergent, apologetic, ascetic, atoning, cathartic, cleaning, cleansing, compensational, compensatory, depurative, detergent, diuretic, emetic, expiatory, expurgatory, lustral, lustrational, lustrative, penitential, piacular, propitiatory, purgative, purgatorial, purging, purificatory, reclamatory, recompensing, redeeming, redemptive, redressing, reparative, reparatory, repentant, repenting, restitutional, restitutive, restitutory, righting, satisfactional, squaring

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purifying

Adjective
1. serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites"
(synonym) purgatorial, purging
(pertainym) purge, purging, purgation
2. freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent"
(antonym) adulterating, adulterant
(similar) ablutionary, cleansing
3. acting like an antiseptic
(synonym) cleansing
(similar) antiseptic

purify

Verb
1. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
(synonym) sublimate, make pure, distill
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) refine, rectify
(verb-group) distill, distil
(derivation) refining, refinement, purification
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
2. make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
(synonym) purge, sanctify
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) spiritualize, spiritualise
(derivation) purification, purgation
3. become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"
(hypernym) change
(derivation) purification

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