purging

Any purifying process.

A diarrhea or dysentery; looseness of the bowels.

That purges; cleansing.

an annual European plant of the genus Linum (Linum catharticum); dwarf wild flax; — so called from its use as a cathartic medicine.

The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea.

Present participle of purge.

serving to purge or rid of sin

an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge