English adjective: purifying | |||
1. | purifying serving to purge or rid of sin | ||
Samples | Purgatorial rites. | ||
Synonyms | purgatorial, purging | ||
2. | purifying freeing from noxious matter | ||
Samples | Filtration is a purifying agent. | ||
Similar | ablutionary, antiseptic, cleansing, detergent, detersive | ||
Antonyms | adulterant, adulterating | ||
3. | purifying acting like an antiseptic | ||
Synonyms | cleansing | ||
Similar | antiseptic | ||
Antonyms | infected, septic | ||