lavation
41ablution — n. Washing (especially of the body, as a religious rite), lavation, bathing, wash, purification, cleansing, baptism …
42washing — n. Ablution, lavation, bathing …
43wash — I. v. a. 1. Cleanse by ablution. 2. Wet, moisten, fall on and moisten. 3. Wet, moisten, bathe, lave. 4. Overflow, fall on, dash against. 5. Waste, abrade, wash away. 6. Stain, tint, color. 7. Overlay ( …
44ablution — n 1. cleansing, purification, purifying, depuration, depurating, purge, purging, mundifying, epuration, lustration, lustrating; decontamination, decontaminating, depollution, depolluting, sanitization, sanitizing, antisepsis; baptizing,… …
45bath — n 1. wash, washing, cleaning, Both Brit. Inf. tub, tubbing; lavation, lavage, laving, cleansing, ablution; immersion, submergence, dunk, dunking, dip, dipping; soak, soaking, douse, dousing, rinse, rinsing, flush, flushing, shower, showering,… …
46purification — n 1. sanitization, sanitizing, sanitating, depuration, depurating; depollution, depolluting, freshening, deodorizing, decontamination, decontaminating, disinfection, disinfecting, antisepticizing; cleansing, detersion, deterging, mundification,… …
47rinse — v 1. wash, bathe, lave, clean, cleanse, rinse out; shampoo, (of clothes) launder, lather, soap, mun dify, deterge; absterge, wipe, swab, mop, scrub. 2. wet, sponge, flush, flush out, irrigate, shower, splash, swash, slosh; dip, immerse, submerge …
48wash — v 1. clean, clean up, bathe, Brit. Inf. tub, lave, cleanse, wash up, scrub up, Chiefly Scot. dight; deterge, launder, do the laundry; shampoo, lather, soap; scrub, brush, swab, mop; soak, shower, douse, rinse, flush, sponge, douche; absterge,… …
49ablution — [n] washing bath, cleansing, decontamination, lavation, purification, shower, showering; concepts 161,165 …
50purification — [n] freeing, cleansing ablution, absolution, atonement, baptism, bathing, catharsis, depuration, disinfection, distillation, expiation, expurgation, forgiveness, grace, lavation, laving, lustration, purgation, purge, purifying, rarefaction,… …
