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Definition of Purging
1. Adjective. Serving to purge or rid of sin. "Purgatorial rites"
2. Noun. An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements.
Generic synonyms: Cleaning, Cleansing, Cleanup
Specialized synonyms: Abreaction, Catharsis, Katharsis, Catharsis, Katharsis, Purgation
Derivative terms: Purge, Purge, Purge
3. Noun. The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge.
Specialized synonyms: Purification
Generic synonyms: Clearing
Derivative terms: Purge, Purge, Purge, Purge
Definition of Purging
1. a. That purges; cleansing.
2. n. The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.
Definition of Purging
1. Verb. (present participle of purge) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purging
1. the act of purifying [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purging
Literary usage of Purging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"bit quiet; moaning in breathing; no purging ; passed some dry feces. ... 4 PM No
purging. 6.10. Cat still alive, able to mew faintly; no purging or vomiting ..."
2. The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord by Francis Bacon (1824)
"Experiments in consort touching purging medicines. 36. THE operation of purging
medicines, and the causes thereof, have been thought to be a great secret; ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... but Courtenay was disposed to put another interpretation on the event : as
the earth was purging itself of its foul winds, so the kingdom would be ..."
4. Medical Diagnosis: With Special Reference to Practical Medicine : a Guide to by Jacob Mendes Da Costa (1890)
"Diseases attended with Vomiting and purging, There is a group of diseases in
which vomiting and purging are very prominent symptoms. ..."
5. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1859)
"The operation of purging medicines and the causes thereof, ... The causes of
purging are divers : all plain and perspicuous, and thoroughly maintained by ..."
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