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 | ||