13
purgation(noun, medicine, act, keep, process)
12
purification(noun, refinement, removal, elimination, expulsion)
12
purge(noun, removal, elimination, purification, distillation)
9
abreaction(noun, purification, purging)
8
ablution(noun, refinement, purification, distillation, freeing)
7
cleansing(noun, refinement, purification, distillation, freeing)
7
release(noun, purification, purging)
7
evacuation(noun, medicine, act, keep, process)
7
lustration(noun, refinement, purification, distillation, freeing)
5
defecation
5
elimination(noun, medicine, act, keep, process)
4
katharsis
4
expurgation(noun, refinement, removal, elimination, purification)
4
gushing
3
purging(noun, cleansing)
2
bathing(refinement, distillation, freeing, cleansing, sanitization)
2
cleanup(noun, removal, elimination, expulsion)
2
dejection
2
deliverance
2
discharge
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