"cleanses" in the verb sense
1. cleanse, clean
clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
"clean up before you see your grandparents"
"clean your fingernails before dinner"
2. cleanse
purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
"Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
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