Purgation

Quick meaning: Purgation is a noun meaning The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.

Meaning

The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.

More Meanings

1. The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
2. (archaic) Exoneration or the act undertaken to achieve exoneration.

Example Sentences

Seven or eight annual bloodings, and as many purgations — such was the common regimen the theory prescribed to ensure continuance of health[…].

Thus do all traitors; If their purgation did consist in words, They are as innocent as grace itself. Let it suffice thee that I trust thee not.

William evidently does not have the appreciation for women that Hildegard exhibits, yet he does not consider their monthly purgations to be a source of evil.

An intriguing puzzle is set by the Lincoln register of Thomas Bek in which many of the commissions to receive purgations are followed by a space in which the report of the result was to be entered.

Word Forms

• purgations

Synonyms for purgation

Depending on context, synonyms include expiation, purification, purge, purging.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include purge, purging, expurgation, purification, purifying, purgatory.

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