Dictionary Definition
cleansing adj
1 cleansing the body by washing; especially
ritual washing of e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals" [syn: ablutionary]
2 acting like an antiseptic [syn: purifying] n : the act of
making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning" [syn:
cleaning, cleanup]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
cleansing- The present
participle of cleanse.
- Apply the cleansing cream to your skin.
Noun
cleansing- The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.
- Regular skin cleansing may help to prevent acne.
Extensive Definition
Cleansing may refer to:
- Cleansing (album) - by Prong
- Ethnic Cleansing
- Cleanliness
- Body cleansing or detoxification - disputed alternative medical practice
- Data cleansing - in data management, the detection and correction of corrupt or inaccurate records
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abstergent, abstersion, alleviating, alleviative, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, apologetic, ascetic, assuasive, atoning, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, bowdlerization, catharsis, cathartic, cleaning, compensational, compensatory, deadening, deliverance, demulcent, depurative, detergent, detersion, discharge, diuretic, dry cleaning,
dulling, easing, emetic, emollient, emotional release,
expiatory, expurgation, expurgatory, freeing, intermission, lenitive, lustral, lustration, lustrational, lustrative, mitigating, mitigative, numbing, pain-killing, palliative, penitential, piacular, propitiatory, purgation, purgative, purgatorial, purge, purging, purification, purificatory, purifying, reclamatory, recompensing, redeeming, redemptive, redressing, release, relieving, remedial, removal, reparative, reparatory, repentant, repenting, reprieve, respite, restitutional, restitutive, restitutory, righting, satisfactional, softening, soothing, squaring, steam cleaning,
subduing, surcease, suspension