purging

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of purge

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing
2. (countable, uncountable)The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing
3. (countable, uncountable)The removal of waste from the human body
4. (countable, uncountable)The removal of waste from the human body
5. (countable, uncountable)Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.

   “He had violent pains in his belly, and purgings...”

6. (countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.
7. (countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)Synonym of purgation: the act or an instance of removing guilt or suspicion of a misdeed.
8. (countable, uncountable)The process in which acne temporarily worsened due to the introduction of skincare products that increase cell turnover, bringing underlying acne to the surface more quickly.

   “Skin purging looks a lot like acne, but they are not the same. Skin purging may have many of the skin issues of acne, but it’s the storm before the calm, versus the other way around.”