Cleansing

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Cleansing may refer to:

• Ethnic cleansing, the systematic forced removal of ethnic or religious groups from a given territory by a more powerful ethnic group
• Cleanliness, the abstract state of being clean and free from dirt, and the process of achieving and maintaining that state
• Data cleansing, in data management, the detection and correction of corrupt or inaccurate records
• Social cleansing, the elimination of "undesirable" social elements
• Detoxification (alternative medicine) or body cleansing, is a disputed alternative medical practice
  • Colon cleansing, an alternative medicine involving the use of enemas and diets, often as part of detoxification
• Cleansing (album), an album by Prong
• "The Cleansing", a song by Overkill from the album The Killing Kind
• Zachistka ("cleansing operation"), house-to-house operations mostly associated with the reinstatement of Russian rule in Chechnya

See also

• Cleaning (disambiguation)
• Cleanliness
• The Cleansing (disambiguation)
• Ritual purification