THESAURUS
purification
ablation, abrasion, absolution, abstersion, abstraction, atonement, beatification, beatitude, blessedness, blessing, bolting, bowdlerization, canonization, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, cleansing, colature, concentrate, concentration, consecration, decoction, dedication, deduction, destructive distillation, detersion, devotion, disentanglement, disinvolvement, distillate, distillation, dry cleaning, edulcoration, elixir, elution, elutriation, enshrinement, erosion, essence, essentialization, exaltation, expiation, expurgation, extract, extraction, filtering, filtration, forgiveness, glorification, grace, hallowing, infusion, justification, justification by works, leaching, lixiviation, lustration, narrowing, percolation, purgation, purge, purging, quintessence, rebirth, redemption, refinement, regeneration, removal, riddling, sainthood, sainting, salvation, sanctification, screening, separation, setting apart, sieving, sifting, simplification, spirit, spiritualization, state of grace, steam cleaning, straining, streamlining, stripping, stripping down, subduction, sublation, sublimation, subtraction, taking away, uncluttering, unscrambling, unsnarling, winnowing
ROGET THESAURUS
purification
Cleanness
N
cleanness, cleanliness, purity, cleaning,
purification, defecation, purgation, lustration, detersion, abstersion, epuration, mundation, ablution, lavation, colature, disinfection, drainage, sewerage, lavatory, laundry, washhouse, washerwoman, laundress, dhobi, laundryman, washerman, scavenger, dustman, sweep, white wings brush, broom, besom, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter, blotter, napkin, cloth, maukin, malkin, handkerchief, towel, sudary, doyley, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab, cover, drugget, wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative, purifier, disinfectant, aperient, benzene, benzine benzol, benolin, bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent, laxative, clean, cleanly, pure, immaculate, spotless, stainless, taintless, trig, without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected, sweet, sweet as a nut, neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens, cleaned, kempt, abstergent, cathartic, cleansing, purifying, neatly, clean as a whistle.
Improvement
N
improvement, amelioration, melioration, betterment, mend, amendment, emendation, mending, advancement, advance, ascent, promotion, preferment, elevation, increase, cultivation, civilization, culture, march of intellect, menticulture, race-culture, eugenics, reform, reformation, revision, radical reform, second thoughts, correction, limoe labor, refinement, elaboration,
purification, oxidation, repair, recovery, revise, new edition, reformer, radical, improving, progressive, improved, better, better off, better for, all the better for, better advised, reformatory, emendatory, reparatory, remedial, corrigible, improvable, accultural, on consideration, on reconsideration, on second thoughts, on better advice, ad melius inquirendum, urbent latericiam invenit marmoream reliquit.
Simpleness
N
simpleness, purity, homogeneity, elimination, sifting,
purification, simple, uniform, of a piece, homogeneous, single, pure, sheer, neat, unmixed, unmingled, unblended, uncombined, uncompounded, elementary, undecomposed, unadulterated, unsophisticated, unalloyed, untinged, unfortified, pur et simple, incomplex, free from, exempt from, exclusive, simple, only.