purgations
Forcible bodily eliminations
Purgations are acts of purging—clearing out impurities or unwanted matter.
The word appears in medical, religious, and political contexts.
Medical purgations once meant inducing evacuation of the bowels through laxatives or emetics.
Religious purgations involve cleansing sin through ritual or penance.
Political purgations are removals of undesirable members from an organization: Stalin's purgations decimated the party leadership.
Purification through emotional expression
- laxativePromotes intestinal evacuation
- enemaRectal fluid injection
- cleansingRemoving dirt or toxins
- bowelInternal digestive organ
evacuation · physic · colon · detoxification · flushing · elimination · emetic · intestinal
Removal of contaminants
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- expiationRedress for offense
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
penance · cleansing · mortification · fasting · repentance · ritual · sin · redemption
Forced permanent removal
- removalAct of taking away
- cleansingRemoving dirt or toxins
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
exile · persecution · banishment · denouncement · tribunal · inquisition · blacklist · accusation
catharsis
Purification through emotional expression
bowel · evacuation · physic · colon · detoxification · flushing · elimination · emetic · intestinal · colonic
purification
Removal of contaminants
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- expiationRedress for offense
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
confession · penance · cleansing · mortification · fasting · repentance · ritual · sin · redemption · sanctification
expulsion
Forced permanent removal
- removalAct of taking away
- cleansingRemoving dirt or toxins
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
suppression · exile · persecution · banishment · denouncement · tribunal · inquisition · blacklist · accusation · interrogation
purgationsaccumulations
Gathered quantities over time
collections · retentions · gatherings · aggregations · stockpiling
purgationscontaminations
Introductions of impurities
pollutions · defilements · corruptions · tainting · adulteration
purgationsretentions
Acts of keeping possession
preservations · conservations · holdings · storage · harboring