What is another word for "purgatory"?
Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "purgatory": absolve, abyss, amende, amends, and, apologize, apology, ashes, atone, atonement, beg, below, bottomless, brimstone, burnt, come, compensation, composition, compromise, conciliation, creek, damnation, down, eternal, everlasting, expiate, expiation, fair, fall, fallen, fire, flagellation, for, forfeit, gehenna, give, good, habitation, hell, hellish.
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- Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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