Synonyms of the word

purging

• v. present participle of purge.
• n. The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly.
• n. The removal of waste from the human body, particularly.
• n. (chiefly medicine) Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.
• n. (obsolete and rare) That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.
• n. (obsolete and rare) Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed.

cleaning

• v. present participle of clean.
• n. (gerund of clean) A situation in which something is cleaned.
• n. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

cleansing

• adj. That cleanses.
• n. The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.
• v. present participle of cleanse.

cleanup

• n. The act of cleaning or tidying something.
• adv. (baseball) Fourth in the batting order.

clearing

• v. present participle of clear.
• n. The act or process of making or becoming clear.
• n. An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
• n. An open space in the fog etc.
• n. (banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central…
• n. (telecommunications) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
• n. (Britain) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
• n. (soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.

purgation

• n. The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
• n. The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.

purgatorial

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling purgatory.
• adj. That purifies by removing sin; expiatory.

purge

• n. An act of purging.
• n. (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
• n. A cleansing of pipes.
• n. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
• n. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
• v. (transitive) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
• v. (transitive, religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds.
• v. (transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
• v. (transitive, medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
• v. (transitive, medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
• v. (transitive, law) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
• v. (transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
• v. (intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification.
• v. (intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.

purifying

• v. present participle of purify.