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the polite removal of evidence that anything ever happened
means To wash something with clean water to remove soap, dirt, or residue, leaving it clear and clean.
from From Old French 'reincier' (to wash, cleanse), which came into Middle English as 'rinsen.' The deeper roots are murky — it's possibly related to Latin 'recentare' (to make fresh again), itself from 'recens' (fresh, recent), the same family that gave us 'recent.' So to rinse is, etymologically, to make something fresh once more.
- chemistry
- dilution, not destruction — soap leaves, dirt follows
- slang
- in UK, to rinse means thoroughly mock someone
- hidden cost
- running taps waste gallons per careless minute
- lab law
- rinse and repeat is real scientific protocol