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| Main Entry: |
purification
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freeing, cleansing |
| Synonyms: | ablution, absolution, atonement, baptism, bathing, catharsis, depuration, disinfection, distillation, expiation, expurgation, forgiveness, grace, lavation, laving, lustration, purgation, purge, purifying, rarefaction, rebirth, redemption, refinement, regeneration, salvation, sanctification, washing |
| Antonyms: | adulteration, corruption, dirtying, pollution |
| Main Entry: | cleanliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cleanness |
| Synonyms: | asepsis, disinfection, freshness, immaculateness, nattiness, neatness, purity, sanitation, spotlessness, spruceness, sterility, tidiness, trimness |
| Notes: | cleanliness is habitually neat and clean while cleanness is the state of being clean or without dirt |
| Antonyms: | dirtiness, filth, griminess |
| Main Entry: | sanitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sanitary science |
| Synonyms: | asepsis, cleanliness, disinfection, hygiene, hygienics |
| Main Entry: | lustration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | purification |
| Synonyms: | ablution, absolution, atonement, baptism, bathing, catharsis, depuration, disinfection, distillation, expiation, expurgation, forgiveness, grace, lavation, laving, purgation, purge, purifying, rarefaction, rebirth, redemption, refinement, regeneration, salvation, sanctification, washing |
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