Associations to the word «Purification»

Wiktionary

PURIFICATION, noun. The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
PURIFICATION, noun. A religious act in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.

Dictionary definition

PURIFICATION, noun. The act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities.
PURIFICATION, noun. The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.).
PURIFICATION, noun. A ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites.
PURIFICATION, noun. The act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke