lustration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A rite of purification, especially washing.
The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime.

/lʌsˈtɹeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lustration.wav

lustration lustrations

Borrowed from Latin lustratio.

lustrate

lustral lustrical lustrational

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