abstersion
noun
ab·ster·sion
-rzhən,
-rsh-
plural -s
archaic
: the action or process of cleansing
Word History
Etymology
Middle French, from Latin abstersus (past participle of abstergēre) + Middle French -ion
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
- downhand
- downhaul
- downhauls
- downhearted
- downheartedly
- downheartedness
- downheartednesses
- beating one's brains out about
- beating out
- beating reed
- beating the drum
- beating the drum (for)
- beating the drum for
- beating the pants off
- beating up
- beating up on
- beatings
- beatitude
- beatitudes
- beatlesesque
- Beatlesque
- beatless
- beatnik
- beatniks
- beatomest