expulsion

[ ik-spuhl-shuhn ]
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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.

Origin of expulsion

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin expulsiōn- (stem of expulsiō), equivalent to expuls(us) driven out (past participle of expellere to expel) + -iōn--ion

Other words from expulsion

  • non·ex·pul·sion, noun
  • re·ex·pul·sion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for expulsion

expulsion

/ (ɪkˈspʌlʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of expelling or the fact or condition of being expelled

Origin of expulsion

1
C14: from Latin expulsiō a driving out, from expellere to expel

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