Purifications

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The processes or methods employed to eliminate contaminants or impurities from a substance often involve both physical and chemical means
2. Acts of cleansing substances to free them from unwanted elements or contaminants
3. Procedures aimed at making materials pure by extracting or separating undesirable components

Etymology: "Purifications" is the plural of "purification," which comes from Latin "purificatio," a noun built from "purificare," meaning "to make pure." That verb combines "purus," "pure," with "facere," "to make" or "to do," so the underlying idea is making something clean by working on it.

Synonyms: cleansings, refinements, filtrations

Antonyms: contaminations, pollutions, taintings