To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.
An act of cleansing; a purification.