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ˌepyəˈrāshən. plural -s. : purification. specifically : the criminal prosecution of French and Italian officials held after World War II to have been fascists or collaborators.
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The épuration légale (French for 'legal purge') was the wave of official trials that followed the Liberation of France and the fall of the Vichy regime.
Epuration definition: a purification or purge, as of government officials considered disloyal or treacherous.. See examples of EPURATION used in a sentence.
Oct 2, 2024 · ÉPURATION translate: purification. Learn more in the Cambridge French-English Dictionary.
[1790–1800; ‹ F, equiv. to épur(er) to purify ( see e-, pure) + -ation -ation]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered ...
Noun · purification of a product (such as in the process of sugar extraction) · any type of political cleansing, such as ethnic cleansing. Anagrams.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun epuration. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
ep•u•ra•tion USA pronunciation n. Government, World Historya purification or purge, as of government officials considered disloyal or treacherous.
May 20, 2023 · When France was liberated in 1945, the French Resistance initiated the “épuration” — the purge of those who collaborated with the Nazis. The ...
“Épuration”: History of a Word - SpringerLink
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Dec 3, 2013 · “Épuration.” The word smacks of heresy. It leaves behind the scent of political justice and popular tribunals; it evokes the grand passions ...
