cleanse

Meanings

Verb

  • To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
  • To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
  • To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.

Noun

Origin

  • From Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōną, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz ("clean"). Cognate with archaic Dutch kleinzen.

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