Definition of purgation in English:

purgation

noun pəːˈɡeɪʃ(ə)nˌpərˈɡeɪʃən

mass noun

1Purification or cleansing.
the purgation by ritual violence of morbid social emotions
用强制性的仪式清除病态的社会情感。
Example sentencesExamples
- The showing of Anatomy of Pain on television was seen as poignant and revealing, a sort of purgation, catharsis.
- I concluded that what my grandfather had been in Purgatory, though also present on earth in some mystical way, and God allowed him to appeal to his son to pray for his release and purgation from attachment to this dimension.
- It takes place as a kind of massive purgation cleansing of the cosmos that allows the new creation to occur.
- She was cautious, but Feinstein finds no trace of dishonour in the care she took to keep herself alive and free through successive waves of revolution and purgation.
- But in all cases the cure is effected essentially by a kind of catharsis or purgation - a release of the pent-up psychic energy, the constriction of which was the basic cause of the neurotic illness.
- Catharsis is the explosion or release of long repressed feelings, the purgation of secret passions.
Synonyms
purging, purification, cleansing, release, relief, emotional release, freeing, deliverance, exorcism, ridding
1. 1.1 (in Catholic doctrine) the spiritual cleansing of a soul in purgatory.
  （天主教教义）炼狱中的灵魂净化
  Example sentencesExamples
  Exorcists were known to abstain periodically from food for reasons of vision causation, purgation, and divine encounter.
  In Brown's late paintings and in the work Gillespie has been making in recent years, symbols are used less for confession and purgation than for spiritual instigation and invocation.
  The man Christ's voluntary and most innocent, most shameful, and most cruel death on the Cross was the deletion and purgation of, and the satisfaction for, all the carnal desires of human nature.
  The path to the unitive state, the mystics tell us, includes purgation, an encounter with the transforming love of God that cleanses and purifies us.
  By this date, it was believed that the dead did not proceed directly to salvation, but instead passed to the intermediate state of purgatory, where they experienced a prolonged and painful purgation of their sins.
  Synonyms
  atonement, redemption, redress, reparation, restitution, recompense, requital, penance
2. 1.2historical The action of clearing oneself of accusation or suspicion by taking an oath or undergoing an ordeal.
  〈史〉以发誓（或接受神明裁判）方式进行的洗清指控（或猜疑）
  Synonyms
  forgiveness, pardoning, exoneration, remission, dispensation, indulgence, clemency, mercy
2Evacuation of the bowels brought about by taking laxatives.
催泻
Example sentencesExamples
- Clinical research on purgation in the treatment of the condition lends some support to this hypothesis.
- On the last day of Pizhichil, herbal medicines are given for purgation and a suitable diet prescribed.
- For those with dry stool or constipation, purgation is adopted to clear away heat and promote bowel movement.
- What was the evidence, he asked, that purgation did anyone any good?
- Herbs with this flavor are generally used for clearing heat, inflammation, infections, toxicity, purgation, discharge dampness, cough vomiting.
- In order to understand the use of purges in TCM it is important to understand the concepts and principles of purgation as applied in herbal practice.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French purgacion, from Latin purgatio(n-), from purgare 'purify' (see purge).

Definition of purgation in US English:

purgation

nounˌpərˈɡeɪʃənˌpərˈɡāSHən

1The purification or cleansing of someone or something.
涤罪，洗罪；净化，清洗，洗涤
the purgation by ritual violence of morbid social emotions
用强制性的仪式清除病态的社会情感。
Example sentencesExamples
- I concluded that what my grandfather had been in Purgatory, though also present on earth in some mystical way, and God allowed him to appeal to his son to pray for his release and purgation from attachment to this dimension.
- It takes place as a kind of massive purgation cleansing of the cosmos that allows the new creation to occur.
- She was cautious, but Feinstein finds no trace of dishonour in the care she took to keep herself alive and free through successive waves of revolution and purgation.
- But in all cases the cure is effected essentially by a kind of catharsis or purgation - a release of the pent-up psychic energy, the constriction of which was the basic cause of the neurotic illness.
- The showing of Anatomy of Pain on television was seen as poignant and revealing, a sort of purgation, catharsis.
- Catharsis is the explosion or release of long repressed feelings, the purgation of secret passions.
Synonyms
purging, purification, cleansing, release, relief, emotional release, freeing, deliverance, exorcism, ridding
1. 1.1 (in Roman Catholic doctrine) the spiritual cleansing of a soul in purgatory.
  （天主教教义）炼狱中的灵魂净化
  Example sentencesExamples
  The path to the unitive state, the mystics tell us, includes purgation, an encounter with the transforming love of God that cleanses and purifies us.
  By this date, it was believed that the dead did not proceed directly to salvation, but instead passed to the intermediate state of purgatory, where they experienced a prolonged and painful purgation of their sins.
  The man Christ's voluntary and most innocent, most shameful, and most cruel death on the Cross was the deletion and purgation of, and the satisfaction for, all the carnal desires of human nature.
  Exorcists were known to abstain periodically from food for reasons of vision causation, purgation, and divine encounter.
  In Brown's late paintings and in the work Gillespie has been making in recent years, symbols are used less for confession and purgation than for spiritual instigation and invocation.
  Synonyms
  atonement, redemption, redress, reparation, restitution, recompense, requital, penance
2. 1.2historical The action of clearing oneself of accusation or suspicion by an oath or ordeal.
  〈史〉以发誓（或接受神明裁判）方式进行的洗清指控（或猜疑）
  Synonyms
  forgiveness, pardoning, exoneration, remission, dispensation, indulgence, clemency, mercy
3. 1.3 Evacuation of the bowels brought about by laxatives.
  催泻
  Example sentencesExamples
  What was the evidence, he asked, that purgation did anyone any good?
  Herbs with this flavor are generally used for clearing heat, inflammation, infections, toxicity, purgation, discharge dampness, cough vomiting.
  On the last day of Pizhichil, herbal medicines are given for purgation and a suitable diet prescribed.
  In order to understand the use of purges in TCM it is important to understand the concepts and principles of purgation as applied in herbal practice.
  For those with dry stool or constipation, purgation is adopted to clear away heat and promote bowel movement.
  Clinical research on purgation in the treatment of the condition lends some support to this hypothesis.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French purgacion, from Latin purgatio(n-), from purgare ‘purify’ (see purge).

单词	purgation
释义	Definition of purgation in English: purgation noun pəːˈɡeɪʃ(ə)nˌpərˈɡeɪʃən mass noun 1Purification or cleansing. the purgation by ritual violence of morbid social emotions 用强制性的仪式清除病态的社会情感。 Example sentencesExamples The showing of Anatomy of Pain on television was seen as poignant and revealing, a sort of purgation, catharsis. I concluded that what my grandfather had been in Purgatory, though also present on earth in some mystical way, and God allowed him to appeal to his son to pray for his release and purgation from attachment to this dimension. It takes place as a kind of massive purgation cleansing of the cosmos that allows the new creation to occur. She was cautious, but Feinstein finds no trace of dishonour in the care she took to keep herself alive and free through successive waves of revolution and purgation. But in all cases the cure is effected essentially by a kind of catharsis or purgation - a release of the pent-up psychic energy, the constriction of which was the basic cause of the neurotic illness. Catharsis is the explosion or release of long repressed feelings, the purgation of secret passions. Synonyms purging, purification, cleansing, release, relief, emotional release, freeing, deliverance, exorcism, ridding 1.1 (in Catholic doctrine) the spiritual cleansing of a soul in purgatory. （天主教教义）炼狱中的灵魂净化 Example sentencesExamples Exorcists were known to abstain periodically from food for reasons of vision causation, purgation, and divine encounter. In Brown's late paintings and in the work Gillespie has been making in recent years, symbols are used less for confession and purgation than for spiritual instigation and invocation. The man Christ's voluntary and most innocent, most shameful, and most cruel death on the Cross was the deletion and purgation of, and the satisfaction for, all the carnal desires of human nature. The path to the unitive state, the mystics tell us, includes purgation, an encounter with the transforming love of God that cleanses and purifies us. By this date, it was believed that the dead did not proceed directly to salvation, but instead passed to the intermediate state of purgatory, where they experienced a prolonged and painful purgation of their sins. Synonyms atonement, redemption, redress, reparation, restitution, recompense, requital, penance 1.2historical The action of clearing oneself of accusation or suspicion by taking an oath or undergoing an ordeal. 〈史〉以发誓（或接受神明裁判）方式进行的洗清指控（或猜疑） Synonyms forgiveness, pardoning, exoneration, remission, dispensation, indulgence, clemency, mercy 2Evacuation of the bowels brought about by taking laxatives. 催泻 Example sentencesExamples Clinical research on purgation in the treatment of the condition lends some support to this hypothesis. On the last day of Pizhichil, herbal medicines are given for purgation and a suitable diet prescribed. For those with dry stool or constipation, purgation is adopted to clear away heat and promote bowel movement. What was the evidence, he asked, that purgation did anyone any good? Herbs with this flavor are generally used for clearing heat, inflammation, infections, toxicity, purgation, discharge dampness, cough vomiting. In order to understand the use of purges in TCM it is important to understand the concepts and principles of purgation as applied in herbal practice. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French purgacion, from Latin purgatio(n-), from purgare 'purify' (see purge). Definition of purgation in US English: purgation nounˌpərˈɡeɪʃənˌpərˈɡāSHən 1The purification or cleansing of someone or something. 涤罪，洗罪；净化，清洗，洗涤 the purgation by ritual violence of morbid social emotions 用强制性的仪式清除病态的社会情感。 Example sentencesExamples I concluded that what my grandfather had been in Purgatory, though also present on earth in some mystical way, and God allowed him to appeal to his son to pray for his release and purgation from attachment to this dimension. It takes place as a kind of massive purgation cleansing of the cosmos that allows the new creation to occur. She was cautious, but Feinstein finds no trace of dishonour in the care she took to keep herself alive and free through successive waves of revolution and purgation. But in all cases the cure is effected essentially by a kind of catharsis or purgation - a release of the pent-up psychic energy, the constriction of which was the basic cause of the neurotic illness. The showing of Anatomy of Pain on television was seen as poignant and revealing, a sort of purgation, catharsis. Catharsis is the explosion or release of long repressed feelings, the purgation of secret passions. Synonyms purging, purification, cleansing, release, relief, emotional release, freeing, deliverance, exorcism, ridding 1.1 (in Roman Catholic doctrine) the spiritual cleansing of a soul in purgatory. （天主教教义）炼狱中的灵魂净化 Example sentencesExamples The path to the unitive state, the mystics tell us, includes purgation, an encounter with the transforming love of God that cleanses and purifies us. By this date, it was believed that the dead did not proceed directly to salvation, but instead passed to the intermediate state of purgatory, where they experienced a prolonged and painful purgation of their sins. The man Christ's voluntary and most innocent, most shameful, and most cruel death on the Cross was the deletion and purgation of, and the satisfaction for, all the carnal desires of human nature. Exorcists were known to abstain periodically from food for reasons of vision causation, purgation, and divine encounter. In Brown's late paintings and in the work Gillespie has been making in recent years, symbols are used less for confession and purgation than for spiritual instigation and invocation. Synonyms atonement, redemption, redress, reparation, restitution, recompense, requital, penance 1.2historical The action of clearing oneself of accusation or suspicion by an oath or ordeal. 〈史〉以发誓（或接受神明裁判）方式进行的洗清指控（或猜疑） Synonyms forgiveness, pardoning, exoneration, remission, dispensation, indulgence, clemency, mercy 1.3 Evacuation of the bowels brought about by laxatives. 催泻 Example sentencesExamples What was the evidence, he asked, that purgation did anyone any good? Herbs with this flavor are generally used for clearing heat, inflammation, infections, toxicity, purgation, discharge dampness, cough vomiting. On the last day of Pizhichil, herbal medicines are given for purgation and a suitable diet prescribed. In order to understand the use of purges in TCM it is important to understand the concepts and principles of purgation as applied in herbal practice. For those with dry stool or constipation, purgation is adopted to clear away heat and promote bowel movement. Clinical research on purgation in the treatment of the condition lends some support to this hypothesis. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French purgacion, from Latin purgatio(n-), from purgare ‘purify’ (see purge).
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