'Cleansing' definitions:

Definition of 'cleansing'

From: WordNet
adjective
Cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals" [syn: ablutionary, cleansing]
adjective
Acting like an antiseptic [syn: cleansing, purifying]
noun
The act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning" [syn: cleaning, cleansing, cleanup]

Definition of 'Cleansing'

From: GCIDE
  • Cleanse \Cleanse\ (kl[e^]nz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleansed (kl[e^]nzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleansing.] [AS. cl[=ae]nsian, fr. cl[=ae]ne clean. See Clean.] To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean. [1913 Webster]
  • If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. --1 John i. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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