Meanings
plural purifications
- countableuncountableThe act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
air purification
1 more example
purification of water
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
nouna ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpūrificātiō
- Old Frenchpurificacion
- Englishpurification
From Old French purificacion, from Latin pūrificātiō.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κάθαρσις, κάθαρσις
- κάθαρσις (kátharsis)act of purifying
- κάθαρσις (kátharsis)religious act or rite where a person is made clean
- ἁγνισμός (hagnismós)religious act or rite where a person is made clean
Arabic تَطْهِير
- تَطْهِير (taṭhīr)act of purifying
Bulgarian пречистване
- пречистване (prečistvane)act of purifying
Catalan purificació
- purificacióact of purifying
Chinese Mandarin 使純淨 /使纯净, 使潔淨 /使洁净
- 使純淨 /使纯净 (shǐ chúnjìng)act of purifying
- 使潔淨 /使洁净 (shǐ jiéjìng)act of purifying
- 純化 /纯化 (chúnhuà)act of purifying
- 淨化 /净化 (jìnghuà)act of purifying
Finnish puhdistaminen, puhdistuminen
- puhdistaminenact of purifying
- puhdistuminenact of purifying
- puhdistautuminenact of purifying
French purification
- purificationact of purifying
German Reinigung
- Reinigungact of purifying
Greek εξαγνισμός, κάθαρση
- εξαγνισμός (exagnismós)act of purifying
- κάθαρση (kátharsi)act of purifying
- καθαρμός (katharmós)act of purifying
Hindi शोधन, शुद्धिकरण
- शोधन (śodhan)act of purifying
- शुद्धिकरण (śuddhikraṇ)religious act or rite where a person is made clean
Indonesian pemurnian, purifikasi
- pemurnianact of purifying
- purifikasiact of purifying
- penyucianreligious act or rite where a person is made clean
Italian purificazione
- purificazioneact of purifying
Japanese 浄化
- 浄化 (jōka)act of purifying
Korean 정화
- 정화 (jeonghwa)act of purifying
Latin februum
- februumreligious act or rite where a person is made clean
Malay penulenan
- penulenanact of purifying
Māori whakaparakoretanga, purenga
- whakaparakoretangaact of purifying
- purengaact of purifying
- whakahoromatatangaact of purifying
- purengareligious act or rite where a person is made clean
Norwegian Bokmål renselse, rensing
- renselseact of purifying
- rensingact of purifying
- lutringact of purifying
- renselsereligious act or rite where a person is made clean
Persian خالص سازی, تخلیص
- خالص سازی (xâles-sâzi)act of purifying
- تخلیص (taxlis)act of purifying
- پالایش (pâlâyeš)act of purifying
- پازش (pâzeš)act of purifying
Polish oczyszczenie
- oczyszczenieact of purifying
Portuguese purificação
- purificaçãoact of purifying
Romanian purificare, curățire
- purificareact of purifying
- curățireact of purifying
Russian очи́стка, очище́ние
- очи́стка (očístka)act of purifying
- очище́ние (očiščénije)act of purifying
- пурификация (purifikacija)act of purifying
Spanish fundición, purificación
- fundiciónact of purifying
- purificaciónact of purifying
- limpiaact of purifying
Swedish rening
- reningact of purifying
Tagalog pagtagnas
- pagtagnasact of purifying
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with purification
Cite this entry
purification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purification
“purification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purification. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purification,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purification.
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