self-purification

[ self-pyoor-uh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. a natural process of purifying, as the ability of a body of water to rid itself of pollutants.
2. purification of oneself.

Other Words From

• self-pu·ri·fy·ing adjective

Example Sentences

They have tried self-purification, and effort after effort has failed them.

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This time, however, it was not a wave of passion, but a storm of desire for self-purification.

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Non-co-operation with it is free from violence, is essentially a movement of intensive self-purification.

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Church-purification and reformation, must begin in self-purification and reformation.

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Lessons of self-purification and communion, by which the illusiveness of externals and the value of internals are understood.

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