lustration
📖 Definitions
noun
1. An act of purification by means of rituals.
2. The purging of those associated with crimes committed under an earlier regime.
💬 Usage Examples
“No, he made his opinion evident by driving you out of his house at once, and indeed conducting a lustration, they say, after your departure.” Lucian (Translation: H.W. Fowler and F.G Fowler); The Works of Lucian of Samosata; Oxford University Press; 1905.