Synonyms for Cleansing (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands):
ablutionary
WordNet sense 2 (freeing from noxious matter):
purifying
WordNet sense 3 (thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms):
antiseptic
WordNet sense 4 (the act of making something clean):
cleaning, cleanup
From the ODE community, based on WordNet
add/edit