cleanse

Etymology

From Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōną, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clean”). Cognate with archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean; to purify”).

verb

1. (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
   An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. 2013-06-01, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly)
2. (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
3. (transitive) To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.

noun

1. An act of cleansing; a purification.
   I regularly visit the spa for a massage and a facial cleanse.