purge

1. v. t. To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. Source: opted

2. v. t. To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner. Source: opted

3. v. t. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors. Source: opted

4. v. t. To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape. Source: opted

5. v. t. To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime. Source: opted

6. v. t. To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal. Source: opted

7. v. t. To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away. Source: opted

8. v. i. To become pure, as by clarification. Source: opted

9. v. i. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic. Source: opted

10. v. t. The act of purging. Source: opted

11. v. t. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic. Source: opted

12. n. the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge Source: wordnet

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