noun
definition
The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
definition
The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
Examples of purgation in a Sentence
At the instance of Gondremark, it had undergone a strict purgation, and was now composed exclusively of tools.
But music has also other ends and uses, and on the whole four; namely amusement, virtue, occupation and purgation of the affections; for some men are liable more than others to pity and fear and enthusiasm, but from sacred melodies we see them, when they have heard those which act orgiastically on the soul, becoming settled by a kind of medicine and purgation (teapo - cs), and being relieved with pleasure.
Both sleeplessness and pain are sometimes due to the action of toxins absorbed from the intestine, and both of them may High sometimes be relieved more efficiently by thorough purgation than by narcotics.
Treatment of a large acute overdose should include gastric lavage, purgation with magnesium sulfate and complete bed rest.
Why, then, would we expect this final purgation to be painless and easy?
For every aspect is of itself a natural purgation.
The council of Trent, opened in 1545 and closed in 1563, decreed a formal purgation of the church, affirmed the fundamental doctrines of Catholicism, strengthened the papal supremacy, and inaugurated that movement of resistance which is known as the Counter-Reformation.
Thus free purgation, and especially purgation by cholagogues and salines, has long been recognized as a useful means of reducing the inflammatory process.
Similarly the beneficial effects of purgation may be due not only to the elimination which takes place through the bowel, but also to the internal secretion from the intestinal glands.