purification

n. [ F. purification, L. purificatio. See Purify. ] 1. The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished. Luke ii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations. [ 1913 Webster ]