US /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/ UK /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the act of forcing someone to leave a place or organization

    Repeated cheating led to the student's expulsion.

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1 noun · the act of forcing someone... ejectionevictionremovalbanishmentexclusionoustingdismissal
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Related forms expelexpulsiveexpellable

Etymology

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

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