1 example sentence using purgation.

Purgation used in a sentence

Purgation in a sentence as a noun

Absolutely nothing good came out of the concentration camps, I hear myself saying, with my voice rising, and [the student] expects catharsis, purgation, the sort of thing you go to the theatre for?

Purgation definitions

noun

purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels

See also: catharsis katharsis

noun

a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites

See also: purification

noun

the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

See also: purge purging