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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Purgation  \Pur*ga"tion\,  n.  [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)  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  purgation 
  n  1:  the  act  of  clearing  yourself  (or  another)  from  some  stigma 
  or  charge  [syn:  {purge},  {purging}] 
  2:  an  act  of  removing  by  cleansing;  ridding  of  sediment  or 
  other  other  undesired  elements  [syn:  {purge},  {purging}] 




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