lustration

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin lustratio. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lʌsˈtɹeɪʃən/ === Noun === lustration (countable and uncountable, plural lustrations) (religion) A rite of purification, especially washing. (politics, law) The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime. ==== Derived terms ==== lustral, lustrical ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== lustrate ==== Translations ==== === References === Lustration in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) Lustratio in A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London, 1875 “lustration”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === lustration f (plural lustrations) lustration === Further reading === “lustration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012