cleanse

verb

1. clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

- clean up before you see your grandparents

- clean your fingernails before dinner

Similar word(s): clean

Definition categories: body, groom, neaten

2. purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins

- Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins

Definition categories: change, disembarrass, free, rid