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- [pyoo r-uh-fahy]
- /ˈpyʊər əˌfaɪ/
- /ˌpjʊə.rɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pyoo r-uh-fahy]
- /ˈpyʊər əˌfaɪ/
Definitions of purification word
- verb with object purification to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals. 1
- verb with object purification to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements: to purify a language. 1
- verb with object purification to free from guilt or evil. 1
- verb with object purification to clear or purge (usually followed by of or from). 1
- verb with object purification to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use. 1
- verb without object purification to become pure. 1
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Origin of purification
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English purifien < Middle French purifier < Latin pūrificāre. See pure, -ify
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Parts of speech for Purification
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
purification popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
purification usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for purification
noun purification
- ablution — the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
- abreaction — the release and expression of emotional tension associated with repressed ideas by bringing those ideas into consciousness
- antisepsis — destruction of undesirable microorganisms, such as those that cause disease or putrefaction
- baptism — A baptism is a Christian ceremony in which a person is baptized. Compare christening.
- baptismal — Baptismal means relating to or connected with baptism.
adj purification
- aperient — laxative
- aperitive — aperient.
- chapped — If your skin is chapped, it is dry, cracked, and sore.
- coarse — Coarse things have a rough texture because they consist of thick threads or large pieces.
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
Antonyms for purification
noun purification
- breach of trust — a violation of duty by a trustee or any other person in a fiduciary position
- bribery — Bribery is the act of offering someone money or something valuable in order to persuade them to do something for you.
- cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- cave-in — a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- cavein — a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
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