purifying

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adjective

1. acting like an antiseptic
• Syn:
cleansing
• Similar to:
antiseptic
2. serving to purge or rid of sin
- purgatorial rites
• Syn:
purgatorial, purging
• Pertains to noun:
purgation, purgation (for: purging), purgation (for: purgatorial)
3. freeing from noxious matter
- filtration is a purifying agent
• Ant:
adulterating
• Similar to:
ablutionary, cleansing, antiseptic, detergent, detersive