purification   (Sound)

The noun purification has 4 senses

• purification -- (the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities)


• refining, refinement, purification -- (the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.))


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


• purification -- (the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance")