Definition of "purging"

present participle and gerund of purge  examples

The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly:

1. (chiefly politics) A removal of undesirable people.  examples

2. (chiefly chemistry) The cleansing of a device by flushing it with water, steam, or some other liquid or gas.  examples

The removal of waste from the human body, particularly:

1. (premodern medicine) The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, induced vomiting, etc.  examples

2. (medicine) The removal of digested waste: defecation; defecation induced by laxatives.  examples

(chiefly medicine) Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.  quotations  examples

(obsolete and rare) That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.

(obsolete and rare) Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed.