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epuration

noun
ep·u·ra·tion | \ˌepyəˈrāshən\
plural -s

Definition of epuration 

: 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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History and Etymology for epuration

French épuration, from épurer + -ation

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