purgation   (Sound)

The noun purgation has 3 senses

• catharsis, katharsis, purgation -- (purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels)


• purification, purgation -- (a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites)


• purge, purging, purgation -- (the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge)