# Cleansing

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**Cleansing** may refer to:

- [Ethnic cleansing](/source/Ethnic_cleansing), the systematic forced removal of ethnic or religious groups from a given territory by a more powerful ethnic group
- [Cleanliness](/source/Cleanliness), the abstract state of being clean and free from dirt, and the process of achieving and maintaining that state
- [Data cleansing](/source/Data_cleansing), in data management, the detection and correction of corrupt or inaccurate records
- [Social cleansing](/source/Social_cleansing), the elimination of "undesirable" social elements
- [Detoxification (alternative medicine)](/source/Detoxification_(alternative_medicine)) or body cleansing, is a disputed alternative medical practice - [Colon cleansing](/source/Colon_cleansing), an alternative medicine involving the use of enemas and diets, often as part of detoxification
- [*Cleansing* (album)](/source/Cleansing_(album)), an album by Prong
- "The Cleansing", a song by Overkill from the album *[The Killing Kind](/source/The_Killing_Kind_(album))*
- [Zachistka](/source/Zachistka) ("cleansing operation"), Russian term for house-to-house operations to cleanse a territory from enemy military forces

## See also

- [Cleaning (disambiguation)](/source/Cleaning_(disambiguation))
- [Cleanliness](/source/Cleanliness)
- [The Cleansing (disambiguation)](/source/The_Cleansing_(disambiguation))
- [Ritual purification](/source/Ritual_purification)

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