1. To free from impurities; purify. 2. To remove (impurities and other elements) by or as if by cleansing. 3. To rid of sin, guilt, or defilement. 4. To clear (a person) of a charge or an imputation. Often used with respect to contempt of court. 5. To rid (a nation or political party, for example) of people considered undesirable. 6. eliminate 7. To cause evacuation of (the bowels). 8. To induce evacuation of the bowels in an individual. 9. To become pure or clean. 10. To undergo or cause an emptying of the bowels. 11. The act or process of purging. 12. Something that purges, especially a medicinal purgative.
