Definition of "purification" []

• The act or an instance of cleansing or purifying. (noun)

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• "During the 5th century BC, the Athenians organized what they called a purification law for the island, forbidding the burials of the dead on it."
• "As far as the church's purification is concerned, Benedict has already been cleaning house, accepting the resignations of a few bishops in recent weeks who either admitted they sexually abused youngsters or covered up for priests who did."
• "Killing in the name of “liberty” and purification is the end-game for these psychotics."