ablution
Meaning of ablution
- an act of washing oneself.
the women performed their ablutions
late Middle English: from Latin ablutio(n- ), from abluere, from ab- ‘away’ + luere ‘wash’. The original use was as a term in chemistry and alchemy meaning ‘purification by using liquids’, hence ‘purification of the body by washing’ (mid 16th century).
Information about ablution
- It is a name.
- The plural form of ablution is: ablutions.
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Hyphenation of ablution
ablu-tion
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- ablution is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ablution synonyms
Meaning the action of washing oneself or laundering clothes, bed linen, etc:
Meaning intended to clean something thoroughly, especially the skin:
Meaning wash (someone) while immersing them in a bath:
Meaning (of a mass of small things) fall or be thrown in a shower:
Meaning rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water:
Meaning the removal of contaminants from something:
Meaning an act of washing something or an instance of being washed:
Meaning an act or process of immersing and washing one's body in the water held by a bath:
Meaning a brief and usually light fall of rain, hail, sleet, or snow:
Meaning a fixed receptacle into which a person may urinate or defecate, typically consisting of a large bowl connected to a system for flushing away the waste into a sewer or septic tank:
Meaning an act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time:
Meaning a brief swim:
Meaning a shower of water:
Meaning washing out of a body cavity, such as the colon or stomach, with water or a medicated solution:
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