Ablution (noun)
ab-loo-shun
An act of washing oneself.
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).
Example sentences
“The women performed their ablutions”
