cleansing
['klenziŋ]
[医] 洗净, 清洗

1. The act or an instance of cleansing or purifying.
   净洗涤净情况
2. A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear, described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama on its audience.
   情绪净情绪净象征性清洗，尤指遗憾恐惧，亚里土德把描述悲剧众情绪影响
3. A washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of a religious rite.
   洗礼清洗洗净身体，尤指宗教仪

cleansing
[ noun ]

1. the act of making something clean

<noun.act>
he gave his shoes a good cleaning

[ adj ]

1. cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands

<adj.all>
ablutionary rituals

2. acting like an antiseptic

<adj.all>

Cleanse \Cleanse\ (kl[e^]nz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleansed}
(kl[e^]nzd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleansing}.] [AS. cl[=ae]nsian,
fr. cl[=ae]ne clean. See {Clean}.]
To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection,
guilt, etc.; to clean.

If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ
his son cleanseth us from all sin. --1 John i. 7.

Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased,
And with some sweet oblivious antidote
Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart? --Shak.