Dictionary Definition
purifying adj
1 serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial
rites" [syn: purgatorial, purging]
2 freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a
purifying agent" [ant: adulterating]
3 acting like an antiseptic [syn: cleansing]
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English
Verb
purifying- present participle of purify
Extensive Definition
Purification is the process of rendering
something pure, i.e. clean of foreign elements and/or pollution,
and may refer to:
- List of purification methods in chemistry
- Purification of quantum state in quantum mechanics, especially quantum information
- Purification theorem in game theory and economics, a Nash equilibrium consisting of randomly mixed strategies
- Ritual purification, the religious activity to remove uncleanliness
- Purification of the Virgin, a Christian liturgical feast
- Purification Rundown in Scientology, a procedure that supposedly rids the body of toxins
purifying in Spanish: Purificación
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abstergent, apologetic, ascetic, atoning, cathartic, cleaning, cleansing, compensational, compensatory, depurative, detergent, diuretic, emetic, expiatory, expurgatory, lustral, lustrational, lustrative, penitential, piacular, propitiatory, purgative, purgatorial, purging, purificatory, reclamatory, recompensing, redeeming, redemptive, redressing, reparative, reparatory, repentant, repenting, restitutional, restitutive, restitutory, righting, satisfactional, squaring