abluens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of abluō (“cleanse, purify”). === Participle === abluēns (genitive abluentis); third-declension one-termination participle washing off or away, cleansing, purifying, abluent (figuratively) removing darkness ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Descendants ==== English: abluent