What is another word for "wipe"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "wipe": absolve, adust, amende, amends, and, anhydrous, apologize, apology, arefaction, arid, aridity, ashes, aside, atone, atonement, back, bad, beg, biscuit, blow, bone, break, burnt, cancel, chemical, close, clothes, clothesline, coach, come, compensation, composition, compromise, conciliation, declare, dehydrate, dephlegmation, desiccate, desiccation, desiccative.