cleansing
淨化;洗清[罪惡等]
Cleanse v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleansed p. pr. & vb. n. Cleansing.] To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.
If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. --1 John i. 7.
Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased,
And with some sweet oblivious antidote
Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart? --Shak.
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cleansing
adj 1: cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of
e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals" [syn: ablutionary]
2: acting like an antiseptic [syn: purifying]
n : the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good
cleaning" [syn: cleaning, cleanup]