purifying
Making something clean
Purifying is the act of removing impurities or contaminants from something.
Water is purified for drinking, metals are purified for industrial use, air is purified by filters.
The word extends to spiritual and moral cleansing: a purifying ritual, the purifying effect of confession.
Something purifying makes clean what was contaminated or corrupt.
Ritualized washing of body
- smudgingMaking blurry marks
- sageWisdom keeper or seasoning
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
chanting · holy water · fasting · mikveh · palo santo · copal · sweetgrass · cedar
Restore youthful vigor
- revitalizeRestore strength and vitality
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- regenerateRestore by regrowing
- cleanseRemove dirt or sin
renew · reinvigorate · refresh · recharge · revive · reawaken · rebirth · detox
Remove poisonous substances
- filterPorous separation device
- decontaminateRemove harmful substances
- scrubClean by rubbing hard
- disinfectKill pathogens on surfaces
sanitize · wash · rinse · clarify · distill · refine · sift · strainer
Make sacred officially
- blessConfer favor upon
- absolveRelease from guilt
- exorciseExpel spirits ritually
- redeemRecover through payment
divine · anoint · sanctify · holy · devotion · venerate · reverence · ordination
Naturally emerging groundwater
- mountain airAtmosphere at elevation
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- rainfallWater falling from clouds
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
stream · oxygen · ventilation · filtration · pine · eucalyptus · mint · citrus
Microbe-killing substance
- asepticFree from pathogens
- germ-freeLacking any microorganisms
- hygienicClean and disease-preventing
- sanitaryFree of harmful microbes
uncontaminated · cleanroom · surgical · pasteurized · autoclaved · sterilizer · decontaminated · pathogen-free
ablution
Ritualized washing of body
ceremony · chanting · holy water · fasting · mikveh · palo santo · copal · sweetgrass · cedar · frankincense
rejuvenate
Restore youthful vigor
- revitalizeRestore strength and vitality
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- regenerateRestore by regrowing
cleanse · renew · reinvigorate · refresh · recharge · revive · reawaken · rebirth · detox · flush out
detoxify
Remove poisonous substances
- filterPorous separation device
- decontaminateRemove harmful substances
- scrubClean by rubbing hard
disinfect · sanitize · wash · rinse · clarify · distill · refine · sift · strainer · decant
consecrate
Make sacred officially
redeem · divine · anoint · sanctify · holy · devotion · venerate · reverence · ordination · sacrament
springwater
Naturally emerging groundwater
- mountain airAtmosphere at elevation
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- rainfallWater falling from clouds
glacier · stream · oxygen · ventilation · filtration · pine · eucalyptus · mint · citrus · pristine
antiseptic
Microbe-killing substance
sanitary · uncontaminated · cleanroom · surgical · pasteurized · autoclaved · sterilizer · decontaminated · pathogen-free · asepsis
- separating methodsflour sifting, gold panning, winnowing, straining, screening
- processingprocessing, batch processing, data processing, parallel processing, real-time processing
- beauty termsmatte, dewy, hydrating, moisturizing, smoothing
- sanitizingsanitizing, disinfecting, sterilizing, hand sanitizing, antibacterial wash
- Penanceconfession booth, act of contrition, contrition, penitent, public penance
- healing effectstherapeutic, curative, restorative, healing, soothing
purifyingcontaminating
Making something impure
polluting · adulterating · tainting · fouling · defiling
purifyingcorrupting
Causing moral decay
defiling · adulterating · debasing · degrading · tainting
purifyingspoiling
Causing ruin or decay
rotting · decaying · decomposing · festering · putrefying
- air purifyingRemoving contaminants from atmosphere
- purifying fireFlames that eliminate corruption
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