purgation

n. துப்புரவாக்கல், மலக்கழிப்பு, குடல் தூய்மைப்பாடு, மலநீக்கம், ஆன்மாவின் வினையுலகத் தூய்மைப்பாடு, (வர.) கடுஞ்சோதனைகள் மூலமான குற்றச்சாட்டுத் தீர்வு, (வர.) சூளுறவு மூலமான குற்ற ஐயுறவுத்தீர்வு.

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Pur*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. purgatio: cf. F. purgation. See Purge.] 1. The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels. 2. (Law) Defn: The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal. Wharton. Let him put me to my purgation. Shak.