About The Word Cleansing

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Cleansing

Cleansing Meaning & Definition
Cleansing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cleansing?

[n] the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"
[adj] acting like an antiseptic
[adj] cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cleansing: ablutionary | antiseptic | cleaning | cleanup | purifying

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cleansing: abstergent | abstersion | alleviating | alleviative | analgesic | anesthetic | anodyne | apologetic | ascetic | assuasive | atoning | balmy | balsamic | benumbing | bowdlerization | catharsis | cathartic | cleaning | compensational | compensatory | deadening | deliverance | demulcent | depurative | detergent | detersion | discharge | diuretic | dry cleaning | dulling | easing | emetic | emollient | emotional release | expiatory | expurgation | expurgatory | freeing | intermission | lenitive | lustral | lustration | lustrational | lustrative | mitigating | mitigative | numbing | pain-killing | palliative | penitential | piacular | propitiatory | purgation | purgative | purgatorial | purge | purging | purification | purificatory | purifying | reclamatory | recompensing | redeeming | redemptive | redressing | release | relieving | remedial | removal | reparative | reparatory | repentant | repenting | reprieve | respite | restitutional | restitutive | restitutory | righting | satisfactional | softening | soothing | squaring | steam cleaning | subduing | surcease | suspension

See Also | ablution | bathing | depilation | disinfestation | dry cleaning | epilation | improvement | purge | purging | purification | sanitation | sanitisation | sanitization | scouring | scrub | scrubbing | spring-cleaning | sterilisation | sterilization | sweeping | washup

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