What is purging a civil contempt order?
A Civil Contempt Order is an Order of the Court finding that you
have not complied with some act that the Court required of you. As
a result of the non-compliance, the Court holds you in Civil
Contempt and punishes you -- usually monetarily or by jail time,
but suspends the punishment for a period of time, giving you the
opportunity to "purge" yourself of the contempt by doing what the
Court requires of you, for instance, by appearing for deposition.
If you do what the court requires of you within the time allotted
by the Court, you have "purged" yourself of contempt.