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A rite of purification, especially washing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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Antonyms: none provided
The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, law, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Latin lūstrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lustratiobor. English lustration Borrowed from Latin lustratio.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
пречистване
(prečistvane)
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Dutch:
lustratie
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Dutch:
lzuiveringsrite
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Finnish:
puhdistautuminen
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Finnish:
lustraatio
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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French:
lustration
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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German:
Lustration
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Greek:
κάθαρση
(kátharsi)
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Greek:
εξαγνισμός
(exagnismós)
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Ido:
lustraco
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Polish:
oczyszczenie
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Romanian:
lustrație
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Russian:
очище́ние
(očiščénije)
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Russian:
омове́ние
(omovénije)
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Russian:
люстра́ция
(ljustrácija)
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Swedish:
rening
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Swedish:
lustration
— a rite of purification, especially washing
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Belarusian:
люстра́цыя
(ljustrácyja)
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Bulgarian:
лустрация
(lustracija)
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Finnish:
puhdistus
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Finnish:
lustraatio
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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French:
lustration
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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German:
Lustration
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Greek:
κάθαρση
(kátharsi)
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Ido:
lustraco
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Italian:
lustrismo
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Latvian:
lustrācija
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Polish:
lustracja
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Romanian:
lustrație
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Russian:
люстра́ция
(ljustrácija)
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Serbo-Croatian:
lustracija
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Swedish:
utrensning
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Swedish:
förnyelse
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
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Ukrainian:
люстрація
(ljustracija)
— restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators