1. Serving to purge or rid of sin
   "purging rites";
   - purgatorial, purifying

1. An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
   "The purging of the water system removed harmful contaminants";
   - purge
    
2. The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
   "His public apology was an attempt at purging his reputation of scandal";
   - purge, purgation

1. Oust politically
   "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
    
2. Clear of a charge
   "The review board purged him of all accusations"
    
3. Make pure or free from sin or guilt
   "he left the monastery purged";
   - purify, sanctify
    
4. Rid of impurities
   "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
    
5. Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
   "purge the old gas tank";
   - flush, scour
    
6. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "He purged continuously";
   - vomit, vomit up, sick, cat [informal], be sick [Brit], disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], spew [informal], spue [archaic], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], regurgitate, throw up [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], hurl [informal], keck [informal], vom [informal], boak [UK, dialect], boke [UK, dialect], chunder [Brit, informal], ralph [N. Amer, informal], bring up
    
7. Excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
   "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"

Derived forms: purgings

Type of: acquit, alter, assoil [archaic], care for, change, clean, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, clear, clearing, distil [Brit], distill [N. Amer], egest, eliminate, excrete, exculpate [formal], exonerate, modify, oppress, pass, persecute, purify, rinse, rinse off, sublimate, treat

Antonym: rehabilitate

Encyclopedia: Purging