n. The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of lustrating or purifying.
n. A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Ceremonial purification; especially, a religious act of purgation or cleansing by the use of water or certain sacrifices or ceremonies, or both, performed among the ancients upon persons, armies, cities, localities, animals, etc.
Word Usage
"The idea of airing the past as part of a healing process, and excluding members of the former regime from positions of authority - a process known as "lustration" - is being actively promoted by some in the Ukrainian administration."