All lustration synonyms
lus·trate
L l noun lustration
- ablution — the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
- absolution — If someone is given absolution, they are forgiven for something wrong that they have done.
- atonement — If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
- baptism — A baptism is a Christian ceremony in which a person is baptized. Compare christening.
- catharsis — Catharsis is getting rid of unhappy memories or strong emotions such as anger or sadness by expressing them in some way.
- distillation — the volatilization or evaporation and subsequent condensation of a liquid, as when water is boiled in a retort and the steam is condensed in a cool receiver.
- forgiveness — act of forgiving; state of being forgiven.
- grace — William Russell, 1832–1904, U.S. financier and shipping magnate, born in Ireland: mayor of New York City 1880–88.
- purgation — the act of purging.
- purge — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- rebirth — a new or second birth: the rebirth of the soul.
- redemption — an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
- refinement — fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.
- regeneration — act of regenerating; state of being regenerated.
- salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- washing — the act or process of washing with water or other liquid: to give the car a wash.
- bathing — swimming
- depurate — to cleanse or purify or to be cleansed or purified
- disinfection — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- unexpurgated — to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
- lavation — the process of washing.
- laving — to wash; bathe.
- rarefaction — the act or process of rarefying.
- sanctification — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- expiation — The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
- expurgation — The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.