Home › Words › E › epurationepurationepuration means purification of a product (such as in the process of sugar extraction).EtymologyFrom French épuration.nounpurification of a product (such as in the process of sugar extraction)any type of political cleansing, such as ethnic cleansingDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.epurate 77% match — To subject to epuration; to purify. vs epuration →depuration 74% match — The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing. vs epuration →depure 68% match — to depurate; to purify vs epuration →depuratory 68% match — Tending to depurate or cleanse vs epuration →prepurification 66% match — purification prior to some other process vs epuration →purgery 64% match — A part of a sugarhouse where molasses is drained from sugar. vs epuration →prepurified 63% match — purified prior to some other process vs epuration →depurate 62% match — To remove impurities from; to purify. vs epuration →