Purge vs Forgive - What's the difference?
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An act of .
(medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
A cleansing of pipes.
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
(religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
* Bible, Psalms lxxix. 9
* Addison
(medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
(medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
(legal) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
To become pure, as by clarification.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
To pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment.
To accord forgiveness.
In transitive terms the difference between purge and forgive
is that purge is to clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor) while forgive is to pardon, to waive any negative feeling or desire for punishment.In intransitive terms the difference between purge and forgive
is that purge is to have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic while forgive is to accord forgiveness.As a noun purge
is an act of purging.purge
English
(wikipedia purge)Noun
(en noun)- Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.
- (Arbuthnot)
Verb
(purg)- Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
- We'll join our cares to purge away / Our country's crimes.
forgive
English
Verb
- Only the brave know how to forgive'''...A coward never '''forgave ; it is not in his nature. -