Abstersion

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abstersion \Ab*ster"sion\, n. [F. abstersion. See {Absterge}.]
     Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
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           The task of ablution and abstersion being performed.
                                                    --Sir W.


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