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cleanse

cleanse

91 4.8
A period when someone removes unwanted things from the body, mind, or life
  • noun
  • /klɛnz/
  • Texting
translation icon : purificación
  • This is a deep cleanse antioxidant mask by Mukti Mukti.
  • a ritual cleanse
  • a spiritual cleanse

Sleep, the only cleanse, the only cleanse is sleep and water.

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Examples

  • A juice cleanse is not going to fix all of those problems.

  • We're all having like a cleanse, A cleanse detox kind of thing after the longest shoot day.

  • I did a really nice like deep cleanse, put a little lip oil on.

  • Ozzy needs a juice cleanse, it looks like.

  • You know you should try some yoga, or maybe a 40-day cleanse or something.

  • The preparations include four days of cleansing, external and internal, diet, and meditation.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • She did a prolonged water and juice cleanse and that just melted right away.

  • The very act of baptism is, according to Christian theology, a cleansing of original sin.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Nikki likes yoga and juice cleanses and she teaches pole dancing.

  • A juice cleanse can help eliminate toxins from your diet.

Synonyms

detoxification
vscleanse
  • Specialized
5 4.9

Removing harmful substances from the body to treat poisoning or addiction

is a broader planned period for bodily, mental, or environmental change beyond medical treatment
purification
vscleanse
  • Literature
5 5.9

Becoming morally and spiritually clean by removing guilt

is a planned period that can target physical or social influences, not only morality

Antonyms

24 6.0

A small pleasure you allow yourself, often without much self-control

How Intense

to purge
49 6.3
cleanse
  • Texting
91 4.8
to detox
2 3.9
fast
3 4.0
break
1.0

Surface Forms

cleanse singular
cleanses plural

Etymology

The noun cleanse comes from the verb cleanse and means a planned time to make your body, mind, or place 'clean', like a diet detox or a break from social media to remove things that feel bad.