cleaned by running water over something or dunking it briefly in water.
From Old French 'rincier.' Possibly from Latin 'recentia' or an imitative origin. The exact ancestry is debated by etymologists.
Rinsing is so simple we forget it's chemistry—running water over soap molecules actually breaks their bonds to dirt and makes them wash away, which is why just wiping doesn't work.
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