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Purgatory

Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Absterge verb · 78% connection

To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tending, cleanse, cleansing, expiatory.
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Abstergent adjective · 78% connection

Serving to cleanse, detergent.

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Absterse verb · 78% connection

To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.

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Card verb · 78% connection

To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.

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Clean adjective · 78% connection

To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.

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Cleansed imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Cleanse

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Cleansing p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Cleanse

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Clear verb · 78% connection

To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.

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Comb verb · 78% connection

To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See un…

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Depurate verb · 78% connection

To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse.

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Depuratory adjective · 78% connection

Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.

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Depurgatory adjective · 78% connection

Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.

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Deterge verb · 78% connection

To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.

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