Ab‐ster″sion (�), n. [F. abstersion. See Absterge.] Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
The task of ablution and abstersion being performed.
Sir W. Scott.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.