Lustration

Origin

Latin lustratio

Full definition of lustration

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, adjective used in lustration.

Related terms

lustrate ("to purify (transitive)").