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purification
Overview of noun purification
The noun purification has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) purification -- (the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities)
2. refining, refinement, purification -- (the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.))
3. purification, purgation -- (a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites)
4. purification -- (the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun purification
4 senses of purification
Sense 1
purification
=> cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
=> improvement
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
refining, refinement, purification
=> processing
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
purification, purgation
=> ceremony
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
purification
=> purge, purging, purgation
=> clearing
=> liberation, release, freeing
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun purification
1 of 4 senses of purification
Sense 2
refining, refinement, purification
=> rectification
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun purification
4 senses of purification
Sense 1
purification
=> cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
Sense 2
refining, refinement, purification
=> processing
Sense 3
purification, purgation
=> ceremony
Sense 4
purification
=> purge, purging, purgation
Antonyms of noun purification
Member Holonyms of noun purification
Substance Holonyms of noun purification
Part Holonyms of noun purification
Member Meronyms of noun purification
Substance Meronyms of noun purification
Part Meronyms of noun purification
Meronyms of noun purification
Holonyms of noun purification
Attributes of noun purification
Derived Forms of noun purification
4 senses of purification
Sense 1
purification
RELATED TO>(verb) purify#1
=> purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
Sense 2
refining, refinement, purification
RELATED TO>(verb) purify#1
=> purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
Sense 3
purification, purgation
RELATED TO>(verb) purify#2
=> purify, purge, sanctify
Sense 4
purification
RELATED TO>(verb) purify#3
=> purify
Domain of noun purification
Domain Terms of noun purification
Familiarity of noun purification
purification used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun purification
4 senses of purification
Sense 1
purification
> cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
=> disinfestation
=> spring-cleaning
=> scrub, scrubbing, scouring
=> dry cleaning
=> sweeping
=> purge, purging
=> purification
=> sterilization, sterilisation
=> sanitation, sanitization, sanitisation
=> depilation, epilation
=> washup, bathing
=> housecleaning
Sense 2
refining, refinement, purification
> processing
=> blowing
=> data processing
=> development, developing
=> refining, refinement, purification
=> vulcanization, vulcanisation
Sense 3
purification, purgation
> ceremony
=> groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony
=> purification, purgation
=> lustrum
=> religious ceremony, religious ritual
=> military ceremony
=> presentation
Sense 4
purification
> purge, purging, purgation
=> purification
Meronyms of noun purification
4 senses of purification
Holonyms of noun purification
Grep of noun purification
purification
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