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Cleansing

//ˈklɛn.zɪŋ//

Synonyms for "cleansing" (93 found)

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General use (90)

Noun, verb(17 words)

discharge release purge respite reprieve softening easing deadening purging subduing surcease squaring cleaning purifying repenting righting dry cleaning

Noun(14 words)

suspension refinement deliverance intermission purification purgation cleaning catharsis cleanup lustration bowdlerization expurgation abstersion detersion

Adj, noun(23 words)

ascetic anodyne analgesic palliative lenitive anesthetic cathartic purgative remedial emollient apologetic demulcent reparative emetic detergent penitential alleviative repentant assuasive diuretic

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abstergent balsamic depurative

Adj, noun, verb(6 words)

soothing numbing freeing redeeming relieving recompensing

Adjective(18 words)

propitiatory compensatory redemptive purgatorial restitutive reclamatory mitigative satisfactional expiatory restitutory piacular restitutional reparatory lustrational compensational lustrative expurgatory purificatory

Verb(5 words)

dulling alleviating benumbing redressing atoning

Adj, verb(1 words)

Adjective(2 words)

purifying ablutionary

Adj, name(1 words)

pain-killing emotional release steam cleaning

Informal (3)

Noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(1 words)

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