cleanse

1. (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.Examples: "An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine."transitive

2. (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.Examples: "[T]he famous Ganges: whoſe vnknowne head, pleaſant ſtreames, and long extent, haue amongſt thoſe Heathen Inhabitants, (by the Tradition of their Forefathers) gained a beliefe of clenſing all ſuch ſinnes, as the bodies of thoſe that waſh therein brought with them: [...]"transitive

3. (transitive) To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.transitive