SUBLIMATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.

2.
n.

The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.

3.
n.

That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process. Religion is the perfection, refinement, and sublimation of morality. South.