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ablution
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usually plural
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Definition:the act of washing oneself
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"Entrez!" Veslovsky called to him. "Excuse me, I've only just finished my ablutions," he said, smiling, standing before him in his underclothes only.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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the whole of this conscientious duty is at last concluded, then the crew themselves proceed to their own ablutions; shift themselves from top to toe; and finally issue to the immaculate deck, fresh and all aglow as bridegrooms new-leaped from out the daintiest Holland.
Herman Melville. Moby Dick
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he would hardly think a month's ablution enough to cleanse him from its impurities, were he once to enter it;
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Dougal was silent for several minutes, watching me intently as I conducted my haphazard ablutions.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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They took great interest in my ablutions, for they seemed to have doubted whether I was in all respects human like themselves.
Samuel Butler. Erewhon
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When my ablutions were completed, I was put into clean linen of the stiffest character, like a young penitent into sackcloth, and was trussed up in my tightest and fearfullest suit.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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"How 'bout getting out of here, now, Bessie?" he said. "I mean it. Lemme finish my goddam ablutions in peace, please."
J.D. Salinger. Franny and Zooey, pp.104-5 (1955)
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