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Definitions: LUSTRATION |
LUSTRATIONNoun1. A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified. 2. The act of lustrating or purifying. |
Etymology: Lustration \Lus*tra"tion\, noun. [Latin expression lustratio: compare to the French expression lustration.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Atonement | Penance, fasting, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, white sheet, shrift, flagellation, lustration; purgation, purgatory. |
Cleanness | Noun: cleanness, cleanliness; Adjective: purity; cleaning; Verb: purification, defecation; Verb: purgation, lustration; detersion, abstersion; epuration, mundation; ablution, lavation, colature; disinfection; Verb: drainage, sewerage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Poland | In June 2000, Parliament agreed on a chairman for the Institute of National Remembrance, a body mandated by the lustration law to organize all Communist-era secret police files and eventually give citizens access to their files. (references) |
Poland | The law requires officials to provide sworn affidavits concerning their possible cooperation with the secret police; the public interest spokesman (lustration prosecutor) then verifies the affidavits and brings suspected cases of misrepresentation before the lustration court, a special three-judge panel whose decisions may be appealed. (references) | |
Political Rights | Czech Republic | Some private employers also have required applicants to produce lustration certificates proving noncollaboration. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "LUSTRATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | purifikim, pastrim (abrasion, abstersion, clarification, clean, cleaning, cleanup, clearance, defecation, depuration, mopping, purge, purification, rectification, refinement, refining, scour, scouring, scrub, scrub up, sweep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάθαρση (catharsis, expiation, expurgation, purgation, purification, quarantine), εξαγνισμόσ (expiation, purgation, purification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ט"ר" (cleansing, purification, purity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | engesztelõ áldozat (peace offering, sin offering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ustrationlay lustração, energia (action, activity, drive, driving, efficiency, energy, force, ginger, go, grasp, gumption, handgrip, heartless, intensity, iron, ironwork, kick, liveliness, main, mettle, momentum, nerve, output, pep, pith, potency, power, push, snap, spring, spunk, stamina, steam, stoutness, strength, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, vitality, zip). (various references) очищение (abstersion, catharsis, clarification, defecation, depuration, evacuation, purge, purification, rectification, refinement, sublimation), омовение (ablution). (various references) osvećenje. (various references) การทำพิธีชำระล้างบาป. (various references) yıkama (wash, washing, washing up), taharet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | a-tu-a. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "LUSTRATION": lustrations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "LUSTRATION": illustration. (additional references) | |
Words containing "LUSTRATION": illustrational, illustrations. (additional references) | |
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"LUSTRATION" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fustration. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "LUSTRATION" (pronounced 'Lus*tra"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-n-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: insulator, tutorials. | |
-2 letters: altruist, antirust, lutanist, naturist, rainouts, rutilant, strontia, titanous, titulars, tonsilar, tutorial, ultraist. | |
-3 letters: altoist, aroints, attorns, insular, intorts, intrust, latinos, lattins, nitrous, nostril, nutrias, oralist, outlain, outlast, outsail, rainout, rations, ratlins, rattons, rialtos, rituals, santour, sautoir, starlit, station, tailors, talions, titular, torulas, tourist, transit, tritons, troilus, truants, turista, urinals. | |
-4 letters: aloins. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-n-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: lustrations, voluntarist. | |
+2 letters: elutriations, gastrulation, gratulations, illustration, reluctations, salutatorian, stridulation, tribulations, voluntarists, voluntaryist. | |
+3 letters: adulterations, articulations, astronautical, gastrulations, illustrations, instructional, malnutritions, restimulation, reticulations, salutatorians, strangulation, stridulations, voluntaristic, voluntaryists. | |
+4 letters: acculturations, brutalizations, constructional, distributional, illustrational, matriculations, postindustrial, restimulations, reutilizations, ritualizations, strangulations, transductional, transvaluation, triangulations, ultramodernist, ultramontanism. | |
+5 letters: antituberculous, astronautically, congratulations, connaturalities, disarticulation, flirtatiousness, maldistribution, naturalizations, neutralizations, noninstrumental, nonutilitarians, overstimulating, overstimulation, photojournalist, recapitulations, transvaluations, ultramodernists, ultramontanisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 55 53 54 52 41 54 49 4F 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. ..- ... - .-. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01010101 01010011 01010100 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L U S T R A T I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0055 0053 0054 0052 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46555354523554434948 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, Arnavut |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandês, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Non-fiction 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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