A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels.

synonyms: aperient, physic, purgative.

Roget 652: cleanness, cleanliness etc. adj.; purity; cleaning etc. v.; purification, defecation etc. v.; purgation, lustration^†; detersion^†, abstersion^†; epuration^†, mundation^†; ablution, lavation^†, colature^†; disinfection etc. v.; drainage, sewerage.    lavatory, laundry, washhouse^†; washerwoman, laundress, dhobi^†, laundryman, washerman^†; scavenger, dustman^†, sweep; white wings brush [U.S.]; 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 etc. v.; disinfectant; aperient^†; benzene, benzine benzol, benolin^†; bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent^†, laxative.    ... show more

Dutch: geneeskunde, laxans, laxatief, laxeermiddel, purgans, purgatief, purgeerdrank, purgeermiddel
Polish: lek przeczyszczający, środek przeczyszczający

Emotionally purging.

synonym: psychotherapeutic.

Roget 652: 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 etc. v.; kempt^†.    abstergent^†, cathartic, cleansing, purifying.    ... show more

Polish: katarktyczny, katartyczny

Emotionally purging (of e.g. art).

synonym: releasing.

Strongly laxative.

synonyms: evacuant, purgative.