lustration
/lʌsˈtɹeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It will be remembered, that this beautiful Island was sacred to the ancient Greeks, from having been the birth-place of Apollo and Diana. None were born or died there—the mothers and the dying were carried to the neighbouring islet of Rhane. Solemn expeditions, with much priestly pomp, were frequently made from Athens to enforce this ordinance, particularly to propitiate the Gods in time of public calamity. Our era refers to the celebrated lustration, at the time of the Peloponnesian war, during the plague of Athens."
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.