purge

purge is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. "Till fire purge all things new." Milton.

[2] To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.

[3] To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.

[4] To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.

[5] To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime. When that he hath purged you from sin. Chaucer. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Ps. li. 7.

[6] To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.

[7] To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away. Purge away our sins, for thy name`s sake. Ps. lxxix. 9. We `ll join our cares to purge away Our country`s crimes. Addison.