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

If the committee or expulsion resolutions get to the point of a vote, House Republicans will have to go on record regarding their stance on Greene — something GOP leadership would likely rather avoid.

From Vox

Castillo took the reins at the INS in May 1977, at the dawn of the age of mass expulsion.

From Washington Post

To that point on expulsion, it finally arrived for full consideration.

From Time

Hague met their efforts with the expulsion of leafleteers by police and the arrest of 13 at a protest, after which city ordinances were invoked to deny permits for public meetings.

From Washington Post

It is on the eve of that expulsion that “Nine Lives” begins, as Walsh reflects on a country he spent a decade trying to untangle.

From Washington Post

The expulsion of ISIS from northern Iraq, though, is a long way off.

From The Daily Beast

Nazi texts proclaimed that the annihilation or expulsion of the Armenians was a “compelling necessity.”

From The Daily Beast

The music sometimes sounding like the exorcism of a multitude of demons, each one of whom was mightily resisting his expulsion.

From The Daily Beast

Bagaza called for the expulsion of all Italian priests and missionary workers, but those who stayed received death threats.

From The Daily Beast

The LDS Church's expulsion efforts speak to the intellectual crisis the Mormon community is currently facing.

From The Daily Beast

Ample tolerance of all religions and sects, but abolition and expulsion of all monastic Orders.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor can the power of expulsion be transferred from the general body to a committee or officer.

From Project Gutenberg

An appeal by a member of a subordinate lodge from a vote of expulsion does not abate by his death while the appeal is pending.

From Project Gutenberg

Pernambuco had during the half century which had elapsed since the expulsion of the Dutch had time to recruit.

From Project Gutenberg

It was probably the first case in Philippine history of a person voluntarily seeking compulsory expulsion from the Islands.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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