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purgation

noun

Etymology

From Middle English purgacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman purgacion, itself borrowed from Latin pūrgātiō; equivalent to purge + -ation.

  1. derived from pūrgātiō
  2. derived from purgacion
  3. inherited from purgacioun

Definitions

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

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

  2. The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.

    • 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.

  3. Exoneration or the act undertaken to achieve exoneration.

    • 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.

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Derived

superpurgation

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for purgation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA