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lustration

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /lʌsˈtɹeɪʃən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A rite of purification, especially washing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

History

Etymology

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.

  • Bulgarian: пречистване (prečistvane) — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Dutch: lustratie — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Dutch: lzuiveringsrite — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Finnish: puhdistautuminen — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Finnish: lustraatio — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • French: lustration — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • German: Lustration — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Greek: κάθαρση (kátharsi) — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Greek: εξαγνισμός (exagnismós) — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Ido: lustraco — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Polish: oczyszczenie — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Romanian: lustrație — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Russian: очище́ние (očiščénije) — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Russian: омове́ние (omovénije) — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Russian: люстра́ция (ljustrácija) — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Swedish: rening — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Swedish: lustration — a rite of purification, especially washing
  • Belarusian: люстра́цыя (ljustrácyja) — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Bulgarian: лустрация (lustracija) — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Finnish: puhdistus — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Finnish: lustraatio — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • French: lustration — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • German: Lustration — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Greek: κάθαρση (kátharsi) — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Ido: lustraco — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Italian: lustrismo — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Latvian: lustrācija — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Polish: lustracja — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Romanian: lustrație — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Russian: люстра́ция (ljustrácija) — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Serbo-Croatian: lustracija — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Swedish: utrensning — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Swedish: förnyelse — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators
  • Ukrainian: люстрація (ljustracija) — restoration of credibility to a government by the purging earlier perpetrators