| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty; wash |
| Synonyms: | absolve, clarify, clean, clear, depurgate, disinfect, expurgate, launder, lustrate, purge, purify, refine, restore, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, soil, spot |
| Main Entry: | bath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | washing with water and, usually, soap |
| Synonyms: | ablution, cleansing, dip, douche, dousing, gargle, laving, scrubbing, shower, soak, soaking, soaping, sponging, tub, wash |
| Notes: | bath (noun) is the act of soaking or cleansing the body while bathe (verb) is to take a bath |
| Main Entry: | catharsis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | purging, purification |
| Synonyms: | ablution, abreaction, cleansing, expurgation, lustration, purgation, purification, release |
| Antonyms: | dirtying |
| Main Entry: | distillation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distillate |
| Synonyms: | cleansing, purification, refining |
| Main Entry: | wash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laundry, bath |
| Synonyms: | ablution, bathe, cleaning, cleansing, dirty clothes, laundering, rinse, scrub, shampoo, shower, washing |
| Main Entry: | cathartic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | purging |
| Synonyms: | cathartical, cleaning, cleansing, purgative, purifying |
| Main Entry: | scrubbing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rubbing |
| Synonyms: | cleaning, cleansing, scrub, wash, washing |
| Main Entry: | baptize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate in church rite |
| Synonyms: | admit, asperse, besprinkle, call, christen, cleanse, denominate, dip, dub, entitle, immerse, name, purify, regenerate, sprinkle, term, title |
| Main Entry: | bathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash with water and, usually, soap |
| Synonyms: | bath, clean, cleanse, dip, douse, dunk, flood, hose, imbathe, imbue, immerse, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shower, soak, soap, sponge, steep, submerge, suffuse, tub, water, wet |
| Notes: | bath (noun) is the act of soaking or cleansing the body while bathe (verb) is to take a bath |
| Antonyms: | dirty |