(~s, cleansing, ~d)
1.
To ~ a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it.
Straight after your last cigarette your body will begin to ~ itself of tobacco toxins...
Confession ~s the soul.
VERB: V n of n, V n
2.
If you ~ your skin or a wound, you clean it.
Catherine demonstrated the proper way to ~ the face.
...cleansing lotions.
VERB: V n, V-ing