Associations to the word «Cleanse»

Wiktionary

CLEANSE, verb. (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, purify.
CLEANSE, verb. (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from sin or guilt; to purge.

Dictionary definition

CLEANSE, verb. Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner".
CLEANSE, verb. Purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope