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Definition of Cleansing
1. Adjective. Cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands. "Ablutionary rituals"
2. Noun. The act of making something clean. "He gave his shoes a good cleaning"
Generic synonyms: Improvement
Specialized synonyms: Disinfestation, Spring-cleaning, Scouring, Scrub, Scrubbing, Dry Cleaning, Sweeping, Purge, Purging, Purification, Sterilisation, Sterilization, Sanitation, Sanitisation, Sanitization, Depilation, Epilation, Bathing, Washup, Housecleaning
Derivative terms: Clean, Clean, Clean, Clean, Clean, Clean, Cleanse, Clean Up
3. Adjective. Acting like an antiseptic.
Definition of Cleansing
1. Adjective. One that cleanses. ¹
2. Noun. The process of removing dirt, toxins etc. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of cleanse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cleansing
1. cleanse [v] - See also: cleanse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleansing
Literary usage of Cleansing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatment Of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guideline by Nancy Bergstrom (1997)
"The process of cleansing a wound involves selecting both a wound-cleansing solution
and a mechanical means of delivering that solution to the wound. ..."
2. Report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (1842)
"You have been engaged in the cleansing of the metropolis, have you not; —Yes; I
have been engaged, and my father before me, in the general carta^i: of ..."
3. Annual Report by Rhode Island, Commissioners of Shell Fisheries (1919)
"REPORT OF THE cleansing OF POLLUTED OYSTERS IN WICKFORD HARBOR. ... In order to
find some way of cleansing oysters grown on these polluted grounds so as to ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"Oñ Improvements in Machinery and Apparatus fur cleansing and Purifying Casks.
... The best cleansing medium is found to be a small quantity of sharp shingle ..."
5. War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina by Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Ivana Nizich (1992)
""Ethnic cleansing" and Forcible Displacement After Serbian forces have occupied
territory in Bosnia-Hercegovina, brutal measures have been taken to ..."
6. A Practical treatise on the diseases of women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1869)
"Another method of cleansing the cervix and cervical canal, and one which I ...
Syringe for cleansing the cervix and vagina. water, which is thrown with ..."
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