All laving synonyms
lave
L l noun laving
- washing — the act or process of washing with water or other liquid: to give the car a wash.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- douche — a jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity for medicinal or hygienic purposes.
- expurgation — The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
- maundy — the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- lavement — A washing or bathing.
- lavation — the process of washing.
- lavabo — Ecclesiastical. the ritual washing of the celebrant's hands after the offertory in the Mass, accompanied in the Roman rite by the recitation of Psalm 26:6–12. the passage recited. the small towel or the basin used.
- fomentation — encouragement of discord, rebellion, etc.; instigation.
- rarefaction — the act or process of rarefying.
- expiation — The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
- sanctification — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- bath — A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body.
- detersion — the act of cleansing or deterging, esp of sores
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- lavage — a washing.
- disinfection — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- abstersion — the act of wiping clean or cleansing