Word to the Wise: Ablution

"Ablution" (uh-BLOO-shun) – from the Latin for "to wash away" – is the act of ritually cleansing the body.

Example (as used by Joseph Brodsky in The New York Times): "In fact, writing – more exactly, composing in your head – formal poetry may be recommended in solitary confinement as a kind of therapy, alongside pushups and cold ablutions."

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