Synonyms for purification
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Refinement
2. Purgation
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- n. 2
A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
Related words
- Word family
- purificative
Forms
- Plural
- purifications → refinements, refinings, clarifications, purgations…
Example sentences
- refining Algeria wants to control its hydrocarbons refining, too.
- refinement I read many books, and attained refinement.
- cleansing It's not a toothpaste, it's a face-cleansing foam!
- sanctification Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| purification | falling | |
| refining | falling | |
| refinement | steady | |
| cleansing | rising | |
| purgation | steady | |
| sanctification | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- refining3
- 9 letters
- cleansing2, purgation
- 10 letters
- refinement3, defecation, lustration
- 11 letters
- expurgation
- 12 letters
- edulcoration
- 13 letters
- clarification5
- 14 letters
- sanctification5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (refining3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- purification
- Italiano
- purificazione
- Català
- purificació