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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPUL'SION, n. The act of driving out or expelling; a driving away by violence; as the expulsion of the thirty tyrants from Athens, or of Adam from paradise.
1. The state of being driven out or away.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" [syn: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance]
2: squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple" [syn: extrusion, expulsion]
3: the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting [syn: expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French expulsioun, from Latin expulsion-, expulsio, from expellere to expel Date: 15th century the act of expelling ; the state of being expelled • expulsive adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the act or an instance of expelling; the process of being expelled. Derivatives: expulsive adj. Etymology: ME f. L expulsio (as EXPEL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

expulsion `["e]x*pul"sion (r?`?ks*p?l"sh?n), n. Renewed or repeated expulsion. --Fuller.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Expulsion Ex*pul"sion, n. [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See Expel.] 1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc. The expulsion of the Tarquins. --Shak. 2. The state of being expelled or driven out.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(expulsions) 1. Expulsion is when someone is forced to leave a school, university, or organization. Her hatred of authority led to her expulsion from high school. ...the high number of school expulsions... N-VAR: usu with supp 2. Expulsion is when someone is forced to leave a place. (FORMAL) ...the expulsion of Yemeni workers. ...a new wave of mass expulsions. N-VAR: usu with supp 3. Expulsion is when something is forced out from your body. (FORMAL) ...their expulsion from the digestive tract. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Expelling, driving out. 2. Ejection, extrusion, banishment. 3. Permanent exclusion, separation from membership, excision.

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