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1. The act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
    
2. The process of removing impurities (as from oil, metals or sugar etc.)
   - refining, refinement
    
3. A ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
   - purgation
    
4. The act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing
   "purification through repentance"

Derived forms: purifications

Type of: ceremony, clean, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, processing, purgation, purge, purging

Encyclopedia: Purification