[əˈbluːʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of washing oneself
(e.g: the women performed their ablutions)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin ablutio(n-), from abluere, from ab- ‘away’ + luere ‘wash’. The original use was as a term in chemistry and alchemy meaning ‘purification by using liquids’, hence ‘purification of the body by washing’ (mid 16th century)