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Meaning of 'purification' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Purification [ n.]
- 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.
- The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
- A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.

Meaning of 'purification' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . purification [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing
Example in sentence:
  • purification through repentance

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