1
[ verb ] clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

Synonyms

clean

Examples

"clean up before you see your grandparents" "clean your fingernails before dinner"

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

He cleansed his mouth with a small quantity .

2
[ verb ] purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins

Examples

"Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

Related terms

rid denazify

3
[ verb ] free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance

Synonyms

denazify

Examples

"Germany was denazified after WW II" "The highest judges were never denazified"

Related terms

Nazify change de-nazification

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