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 Word Forms

• nonexpulsion noun
• reexpulsion 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

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

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

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Following Sansal's jailing, French officials arrested Algerian influencers in France on "terror" propaganda charges, and there were tit-for-tat expulsions of officials working in both countries.

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Weidel promised an overhaul of how the AfD approves foreign travel for party members, and said that guidance would be strictly enforced with penalties including expulsion.

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The obvious historical precedent is Russia's expulsion from what was then the G8 - a grouping of the world's most advanced economies - after the annexation of Crimea in 2014.

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Related Words

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