PURGATION
\pɜːɡˈe͡ɪʃən], \pɜːɡˈeɪʃən], \p_ɜː_ɡ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PURGATION
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- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
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- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
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the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
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purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
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the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
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The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels.
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The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal.
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