Embarrassed about awful sin getting cleansed (6)
I believe the answer is:
rinsed
'cleansed' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'embarrassed about awful sin' is the wordplay.
'embarrassed' becomes 'red' (someone may blush or go red when embarrassed).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'awful' is an anagram indicator.
'sin' is an anagram of 'ins'.
'red' going around 'ins' is 'RINSED'.
'getting' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rinsed that I've seen before include "Got rid of soap" , "Washed out with fresh water" , "Swilled" , "Washed out with clean water" .)