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expulsion

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ex⋅pul⋅sion

  [ik-spuhl-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of driving out or expelling: expulsion of air.
2. the state of being expelled: The prisoner's expulsion from society embittered him.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L expulsiōn- (s. of expulsiō), equiv. to expuls(us) driven out (ptp. of expellere to expel ) + -iōn- -ion
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ex·pul·sion   (ĭk-spŭl'shən)   
n.  The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

[Middle English expulsioun, from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsiō, expulsiōn-, from expulsus, past participle of expellere, to expel; see expel.]
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Word Origin & History

expulsion 
c.1400, from L. expulsionem, from stem of expellere "drive out" (see expel).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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