Definition of Purging

1. Noun. An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements.

Exact synonyms: Purge
Generic synonyms: Cleaning, Cleansing, Cleanup
Specialized synonyms: Abreaction, Catharsis, Katharsis, Catharsis, Katharsis, Purgation
Derivative terms: Purge, Purge, Purge

2. Adjective. Serving to purge or rid of sin. "Purgatorial rites"
Exact synonyms: Purgatorial, Purifying
Partainyms: Purgation, Purgation, Purgation

3. Noun. The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge.
Exact synonyms: Purgation, Purge
Specialized synonyms: Purification
Generic synonyms: Clearing
Derivative terms: Purge, Purge, Purge, Purge

Definition of Purging

1. a. That purges; cleansing.

2. n. The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.

Definition of Purging

1. Verb. (present participle of purge) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Purging

1. the act of purifying [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purging

purgatives
purgatorial
purgatorian
purgatorians
purgatoric
purgatories
purgatory
purge
purgeable
purged
purger
purgeries
purgers
purgery
purges
purging (current term)
purgings
puri
purification
purifications
purificative
purificator
purificators
purificatory
purified
purifier
purifiers
purifies
puriform

Literary usage of Purging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"bit quiet; moaning in breathing; no purging ; passed some dry feces. ... 4 PM No purging. 6.10. Cat still alive, able to mew faintly; no purging or vomiting ..."

2. The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord by Francis Bacon (1824)
"Experiments in consort touching purging medicines. 36. THE operation of purging medicines, and the causes thereof, have been thought to be a great secret; ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... but Courtenay was disposed to put another interpretation on the event : as the earth was purging itself of its foul winds, so the kingdom would be ..."

4. Medical Diagnosis: With Special Reference to Practical Medicine : a Guide to by Jacob Mendes Da Costa (1890)
"Diseases attended with Vomiting and purging, There is a group of diseases in which vomiting and purging are very prominent symptoms. ..."

5. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1859)
"The operation of purging medicines and the causes thereof, ... The causes of purging are divers : all plain and perspicuous, and thoroughly maintained by ..."

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