What is the meaning of cleanse?

verb

  • Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing.
    • usage: "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
  • Purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins.
    • usage: "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
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