1. Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
   "She cleansed her face before applying makeup";
   - clean
    
2. Purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
   "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

Derived forms: cleansed, cleansing, cleanses

Type of: disembarrass, free, groom, neaten, rid

Encyclopedia: Cleanse