purgation
1 antonym for purgation — opposites grouped by meaning.
Noun — The act of emptying the bowels, especially with medicine.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
The act of emptying the bowels, especially with medicine.
2. noun
The act of freeing someone from sin or guilt.
“An intriguing puzzle is set by the Lincoln register of Thomas Bek in which many of the commissions to receive purgations are followed by a space in which the report of the result was to be entered.”
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English purgacioun, taken from Anglo-Norman purgacion, which itself came from Latin pūrgātiō; equivalent to purge + -ation.
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