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cleanse - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'cleanse' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cleanse [ v. t.]
- To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.

Meaning of 'cleanse' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cleanse [ v]
Meaning (1):
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
Example in sentence:
  • clean up before you see your grandparents;
  • clean your fingernails before dinner
Meaning (2):
- purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
Example in sentence:
  • Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins

Nearby Words:

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