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purging
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As a noun, purging means the act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly:. As an adjective, it means serving to purge or rid of sin.
Meanings of purging
11 meaningsverb
Present participle of purge
noun
The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly:
chiefly politicsA removal of undesirable people.
chiefly chemistryThe cleansing of a device by flushing it with water, steam, or some other liquid or gas.
The removal of waste from the human body, particularly:
premodern medicineThe removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomitting, etc.
medicineThe removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.
chiefly medicineVomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.
An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
Similar: purge
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleterareThat which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.
Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed.
adjective
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).