purification
/ˌpjʊəɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
purification noun: the act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
Noun
purification (countable and uncountable, plural purifications)
- The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- air purification
- purification of water
- A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
- purification of the soul
- The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
purification meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
purification in Hindi
- act of purifying
- शोधन śodhan
- religious act or rite where a person is made clean
- शुद्धिकरण śuddhikraṇ
purification in Tamil
- தூய்தாக்கல், தூய்மையாக்கல், தூய்மைப்படுத்துதல், துப்புரவாக்குதல், தூய்மையாக்கம்
purification in Marathi
- शुध्दीकरण, शुद्धिकरण
purification in Urdu
- ستھرا پن, طہارت
More languagesFewer languages
- purification in Bengali
- সংশোধন śoṅśōdhon
- purification in Telugu
- సంస్కారము saṁskāramu
- purification in Malayalam
- ശുദ്ധീകരണം śuddhīkaraṇaṁ
- purification in Punjabi
- ਸੋਧ sodh, سودھ sodh
- purification in Odia
- ଶୁଦ୍ଧିକରଣ
- purification in Sanskrit
- संस्कार saṃskāra, पक्ति, शुचि śúci, पूति pū́ti
- purification in Nepali
- शुद्धिकरण, शुद्धि
- purification in Tagalog
- pagtagnas
- purification in Arabic
- تَطْهِير taṭhīr
- purification in Malay
- penulenan
- purification in Indonesian
- pemurnian, purifikasi, penyucian
- purification in Persian
- خالص سازی xâles-sâzi, تخلیص taxlis, پالایش pâlâyeš, پازش pâzeš
Examples of purification in a sentence
- The resulting concentrated fermentation broth facilitates the isolation and purification of erythritol.
- The controller chip for our water purification system has given up the ghost.
- Fever is simply indication of trouble and is a basic way of purification and of elimination.
Forms of purification
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Origin of purification
From Old French purificacion, from Latin pūrificātiō.
Words formed from purification
Phrases with purification
Words that rhyme with purification
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about purification
- What does purification mean?
- Purification means the act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- What is purification in Hindi?
- Purification in Hindi is शोधन (śodhan), शुद्धिकरण (śuddhikraṇ). See Purification meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is purification?
- Purification is a noun.
- How do you pronounce purification?
- Purification is pronounced /ˌpjʊəɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of purification?
- The plural of purification is purifications.
Words near purification in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: purification (page history and authors); purification (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); purification (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); purification (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); সংশোধন (Bengali) (page history and authors); సంస్కారము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ശുദ്ധീകരണം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); سودھ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); purification (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); पक्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); purification (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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