ablutions

Meaning of ablutions

plural noun
  1. 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 ablutions

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of ablutions is: ablution.
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Hyphenation of ablutions

ablu-tions

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • ablutions is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

ablutions synonyms

Meaning the action of washing oneself or laundering clothes, bed linen, etc:

washing

Meaning intended to clean something thoroughly, especially the skin:

cleansing

Meaning wash (someone) while immersing them in a bath:

bathing

Meaning (of a mass of small things) fall or be thrown in a shower:

showering

Meaning rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water:

scrubbing

Meaning the removal of contaminants from something:

purification

Meaning an act of washing something or an instance of being washed:

wash

Meaning an act or process of immersing and washing one's body in the water held by a bath:

bath

Meaning a brief and usually light fall of rain, hail, sleet, or snow:

shower

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:

toilet

Meaning an act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time:

soak

Meaning a brief swim:

dip

Meaning a shower of water:

douche

Meaning washing out of a body cavity, such as the colon or stomach, with water or a medicated solution:

lavage

Anagrams of ablutions

abutilons, sublation

Words that rhyme with ablutions

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