purgation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
Types & categories
- purging hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
Types & categories
- ceremony hypernym
Related & opposite
- purify derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
Types & categories
- clearing hypernym
- purification hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purgative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | purging |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | purify |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ceremony |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | purge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | purify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | purge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | clearing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | purification |