purging

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. an act of removing by cleansing;
ridding of sediment or other undesired elements (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
purge
• Derivationally related forms:
purge, purge (for: purge)
• Hypernyms:
cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
• Hyponyms:
catharsis, katharsis, abreaction, purgation
2. the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
• Syn:
purge, purgation
• Derivationally related forms:
purge (for: purgation), purge, purge (for: purge)
• Hypernyms:
clearing
• Hyponyms:
purification

II - adjective

serving to purge or rid of sin
- purgatorial rites
• Syn:
purgatorial, purifying
• Pertains to noun:
purgation (for: purifying), purgation, purgation (for: purgatorial)