The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abstergent
Abstergent \Ab*ster"gent\, a. [L. abstergens, p. pr. of abstergere.] Serving to cleanse, detergent.
Abstergent
Abstergent \Ab*ster"gent\, n. A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent.
Wiktionary
abstergent
a. cleansing, detergent. (First attested in the early 17th century.)(R:SOED5: page=9) n. A substance used to cleanse; a detergent. (First attested in the early 17th century.)
Usage examples of "abstergent".
By the same process they afterwards cleanse it, when it happens to contract spots, no other abstergent lotion than an igneous one being ever applied to it.