expulsion

American  

[ik-spuhl-shuhn] / ɪkˈspʌl ʃən /

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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expulsion British  

/ ɪkˈspʌlʃən /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• nonexpulsion noun
• reexpulsion noun

Etymology

Origin of expulsion

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

Example Sentences

Outside the hall, as the wind whipped in off the Mersey, a small group of protesters sought to highlight the expulsions.

From BBC

Sultana boycotted the conference on Saturday over those expulsions, plunging the trouble-hit party into a fresh crisis.

From Barron's

Party officials said the expulsions were for breaching rules that ban members from joining any other political party in the UK or abroad.

From BBC

It doesn’t demand a risky Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and east Jerusalem and the expulsion of every Jew living there.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kemp said she believed her expulsion was a consequence of her commitment to "standing up for integrity and transparency" within Reform.

From BBC

Related Words

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