Cleansing may refer to: *

Ethnic cleansing Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, and religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making a region ethnically homogeneous. Along with direct removal, extermination, deportation or population trans ...

, the systematic forced removal of ethnic or religious groups from a given territory by a more powerful ethnic group *

Cleanliness Cleanliness is both the state of being clean and free from germs, dirt, trash, or waste, and the habit of achieving and maintaining that state. Cleanliness is often achieved through cleaning. Culturally, cleanliness is usually a good quality, ...

, 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) Detoxification (often shortened to detox and sometimes called body cleansing) is a type of alternative-medicine treatment which aims to rid the body of unspecified "toxins" – substances that proponents claim accumulate in the body over ...

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

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