Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun purification

4 senses of purification

Sense 1
purification -- (the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities)
       => cleaning, cleansing, cleanup -- (the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning")

Sense 2
refining, refinement, purification -- (the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.))
       => processing -- (preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure; "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals")

Sense 3
purification, purgation -- (a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites)
       => ceremony -- (the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony")

Sense 4
purification -- (the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance")
       => purge, purging, purgation -- (the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge)