expulsion

[ 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.

expulsion

/ ɪkˈspʌlʃən /

noun

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

Other Words From

• nonex·pulsion noun
• reex·pulsion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of expulsion¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of expulsion¹

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

Example Sentences

All of his hiring decisions so far, including Monday’s news that former Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Tom Homan will serve as Trump’s border czar, and then his selection of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem—a proponent of Trump’s mass expulsion—as secretary of Homeland Security, signal that he actually intends to move forward with the insane idea to deport every single one of the at least 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.

From Slate

Until then, identifying as any one of those sexual persuasions was illegal and punishable by expulsion from the service with a less than honorable discharge.

From Salon

Like many settlers, Leiter grew up in the United States, where he joined Rabbi Meir Kahane’s Jewish Defense League, which was founded in the late 1960s initially to quell antisemitism but eventually grew into a radical organization calling for the violent expulsion of Palestinians from all of Israel.

From Slate

A judge has ruled that an elite Mulholland Drive private school must reverse the expulsion of a 5th grade student over emails sent to a peer containing rap lyrics and the squirt gun emoji until the case can be heard at trial.

From Los Angeles Times

The actor did not see his expulsion from Hollywood as a negative.

From Salon

Related Words

• banishment
• discharge
• displacement
• ejection
• eviction
• exclusion
• ouster
• purge
• removal
• suspension