- Cleanse - Decontaminate - To make pure or clear from material defilement,
admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter;
as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the
air. - Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or
moral defilement; as, to purify the heart. - To free from ceremonial or legal defilement. - To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify
a language. - To grow or become pure or clear.