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purify

Entry Word:: purify
Function:: verb

Text: 1 to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially<Catholics go to confession to be purified>Synonymscleanse, purge, sanctifyRelated Wordsamend, improve, refine; heal, regenerate, restore; elevate, ennoble, uplift; absolve, acquit, clear, exonerate, vindicateNear Antonymscorrupt, debase, debauch, defile, degrade, demean, deprave, pervert, stain, warp; poison, profane, prostitute; sully, tarnish 2 to remove usually visible impurities from<purify the water by distillation>— see clarify 1

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