10
catharsis(noun, medicine, act, keep, process)
10
purification(noun, religion, cut, clean, refinement)
8
lustration(noun, religion, clean, refinement, cleanness)
8
purge(noun, refinement, purification, distillation, freeing)
7
purging(noun, cleansing)
6
ablution(refinement, cleanness, purification, distillation, freeing)
6
cleaning(cleanness, scrubbing, housework, spring-cleaning)
6
penance(noun, forfeit, reparation, atonement, self-punishment)
5
cleansing(noun, refinement, purification, distillation, freeing)
5
expurgation(refinement, distillation, freeing, cleansing, sanitization)
4
defecation(noun, cleanness)
4
evacuation(noun, act, keep, process, elimination)
4
katharsis
3
abreaction
3
clearing
3
fasting
3
flagellation
3
forgiveness(noun, refinement, pardon, forfeit, reparation)
3
gushing
3
maceration
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