purification

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌpjʊrəfɪˈkeɪʃən/ UK /ˌpjʊərɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the process of removing impurities or contaminants

Water purification made the well safe to drink from.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the process of removing... cleansing refinementdecontaminationclarificationsanctificationfiltration

Opposites

contamination pollution defilement corruption

Word family

Related forms purify pure puritypurifier

Etymology

From Old French purification, from Latin purificatio, from purificare ('to make pure'), from purus ('pure') + facere ('to make').

purificatio Latin purus Latin facere Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# purification

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌpjʊrəfɪˈkeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌpjʊərɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. the process of removing impurities or contaminants

## Examples
- Water purification made the well safe to drink from.

## Synonyms
- cleansing
- refinement
- decontamination
- clarification
- sanctification
- filtration

## Antonyms
- contamination
- pollution
- defilement
- corruption

## Related Forms
- purify
- pure
- purity
- purifier

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: purificatio
- Root: purus
- Root: facere

## Etymology
From Old French purification, from Latin purificatio, from purificare ('to make pure'), from purus ('pure') + facere ('to make').

## AI Etymology
Purification is from Old French purification, from Latin purificatio, from purificare ('to make pure'), from purus ('pure') + facere ('to make'). Important recorded forms include purificatio (Latin), purus (Latin), and facere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers the process of removing impurities or contaminants. The wider family includes related words such as purify, pure, purity, and purifier.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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