purgatory

Noun
  1. A temporary condition of torment or suffering (synset 113960439)
    "a purgatory of drug abuse"
    is a type of: situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
  2. (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins (synset 105639232)
    referred to in: divinity, theology - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
    is a type of: fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings

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