zuivering — meaning in English
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English meaning
- exoneration noun An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.
- purge verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
- refinement noun A small improvement or adjustment that makes something better.
Senses
zuivering is used for these senses in English:
- abstersion (archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- purge (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.
- refinement The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
exoneration — full definition
- noun An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.
- noun The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
purge — full definition
- verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
- verb To forcibly remove people, especially from a political organization.
- noun An act of forcibly removing people or unwanted elements.