expulsion

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/ UK /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the act of forcing someone to leave a place or organization

Repeated cheating led to the student's expulsion.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the act of forcing someone... ejection eviction removal banishment exclusion ousting dismissal

Opposites

admission admittance inclusionreadmission

Word family

Related forms expelexpulsiveexpellable

Etymology

From Latin expulsionem, from expellere ('to drive out'), from ex- ('out') + pellere ('to drive, push').

expulsio Latin pellere Latin

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Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# expulsion

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/

## Meanings
1. the act of forcing someone to leave a place or organization

## Examples
- Repeated cheating led to the student's expulsion.

## Synonyms
- ejection
- eviction
- removal
- banishment
- exclusion
- ousting
- dismissal

## Antonyms
- admission
- admittance
- inclusion
- readmission

## Related Forms
- expel
- expulsive
- expellable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: expulsio
- Root: pellere

## Etymology
From Latin expulsionem, from expellere ('to drive out'), from ex- ('out') + pellere ('to drive, push').

## AI Etymology
Expulsion comes from Latin expulsionem, from expellere ('to drive out'), from ex- ('out') + pellere ('to drive, push'). Morphologically, the form is compositional: ex- marks part of the visible structure, while the remaining element supplies the lexical base. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "the act of forcing someone to leave a place or organization", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as expel, expulsive, and expellable, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin expulsio and Latin pellere, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by ejection, eviction, removal, and banishment on one side and contrasts such as admission, admittance, and inclusion on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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