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cleansing

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cleanse/klenz/

▶verb

1 make thoroughly clean.

2 archaic (in biblical translations) cure (a leper).

▶noun an act of cleansing.

– derivatives
cleanser noun,
cleansing adjective.

– origin OE clǣnsian (v.), from clǣne (see clean).

'cleansing' also found in these Oxford entries:

body scrub - cleanse - cleansing department - cold cream - detergent - Dianetics - douche - ethnic cleansing - eyebath - eyewash - lye - milk - purgation - purge - rinse - sheep dip - smectic - surgical spirit - toilet - towelette - Turkish bath - wash

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cleansing influence?
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cleansing vs. purge
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Soul-cleansing & cleanse your soul

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