Meaning & use
Purgation
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The act of cleansing or purifying, especially by removing impurities or guilt.
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The ritual was meant as a purgation of the community's collective guilt.
Ancient medicine often prescribed purgation as a cure for almost any illness.
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In medieval medicine, "purgation" specifically referred to clearing the body of excess humors, usually through laxatives or induced vomiting.
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