9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
noun purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
noun a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
noun the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
originFrom Middle English purgacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman purgacion, itself borrowed from Latin pūrgātiō; equivalent to purge + -ation.
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