PURGATIVE


Meaning of PURGATIVE in English

adjective

cleansing or purifying especially from sin

confession as a purgative ritual

Synonyms: expiative, expiatory, expurgatorial, expurgatory, lustral, lustratory, propitiatory, purgatorial

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