cleanse

Verb
  1. Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing (synset 200035769)
    "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
    is a type of: groom, neaten - care for one's external appearance
    subtypes:
    • bathe - cleanse the entire body
    • wash - to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
    • lave, wash - cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
    • lather, soap - rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
    • douche - direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning
    • floss - use dental floss to clean
    • decontaminate - rid of contamination
    same as: clean
  2. Purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins (synset 200502977)
    "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
    is a type of: disembarrass, free, rid - relieve from
    subtypes: denazify - free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance

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