Definition of Purging

Noun: purging  pur-jing

1. An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
   - purge
    
2. The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
   - purge, purgation

Adjective: purging  pur-jing

1. Serving to purge or rid of sin
   "purging rites";
   - purgatorial, purifying

Verb: purge  purj

1. Oust politically
   "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
    
2. Clear of a charge
    
3. Make pure or free from sin or guilt
   "he left the monastery purged";
   - purify, sanctify
    
4. Rid of impurities
   "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
    
5. Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
   "purge the old gas tank";
   - flush, scour
    
6. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "He purged continuously";
   - vomit, vomit up, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, barf, spew, spue [archaic], chuck, upchuck [N. Amer], honk, regurgitate, throw up, hurl, keck, chuck up [Brit], chunder [Brit]
    
7. Excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
   "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"

See also:
purges
purgings

Anagrams containing the word purging

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