Definitions for expulsion
ɪkˈspʌl ʃənex·pul·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddancenoun

   the act of forcing out someone or something

   "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

2. extrusion, expulsionnoun

   squeezing out by applying pressure

   "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"

3. expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing outnoun

   the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. expulsionnoun

   The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

   The scandal involved every member of the high school's football team resulting in a flurry of expulsions, starting with the quarterback.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Expulsionnoun

   Etymology: from expulse.

   1. The act of expelling or driving out.

   A wooer,
   More hateful than the foul expulsion is
   Of thy dear husband. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Sole victor from th’ expulsion of his foes,
   Messiah his triumphal chariot turn’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   Others think it possible so to contrive several pieces of steel and a load-stone, that, by their continual attraction and expulsion of one another, they may cause a perpetual revolution of a wheel. John Wilkins, Dædalus.

   Coffee-coloured urine proceeds from a mixture of a small quantity of blood with the urine; but often prognosticates a resolution of the obstructing matter, and the expulsion of gravel or a stone. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

   2. The state of being driven out.

   To what end had the angel been set to keep the entrance into Paradise, after Adam’s expulsion, if the universe had been Paradise? For then must Adam have been chased also out of the world. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

   This magnificent temple was not finished ’till after the expulsion of Tarquin. Edward Stillingfleet.

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1. expulsion

   Expulsion is the act of forcing someone to leave a place, particularly a member from a group or a student from a school, often as a form of punishment. In a broader context, it can also refer to the process of pushing or driving something out, either physically or metaphorically.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Expulsionnoun

   the act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc

2. Expulsionnoun

   the state of being expelled or driven out

3. Etymology: [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See Expel.]

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1. Expulsion

   Expulsion, exclusion, withdrawing, or permanent exclusion refers to the removal/banning of a student from a school system or university for an extensive period amount of time due to a student persistently violating that institution's rules, or for a single offence of appropriate severity in extreme cases. Laws and procedures regarding expulsion vary between countries and states.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Expulsion

   eks-pul′shun, n. the act of expelling: banishment.—v.t. Expulse′ (obs.), to expel forcibly, eject.—adj. Expul′sive, able or serving to expel. [L. expulsio. See Expel.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of expulsion in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of expulsion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of expulsion in a Sentence

1. Timothy Piazza:

   I keep hearing from President Barron,' I can't do anything to these fraternities -- they're on private property,' the universities need to take a tougher stand, and don't give me' it's private property.' You hold the ultimate pen, which is the pen of expulsion.

2. Judge Juhasz:

   We accept and understand that they are trying to stay in Europe but this can be done in many different ways and in their case they started by committing a crime ... so we believe the one-year expulsion is definitely proportionate and necessary in order to achieve the punitive goals.

3. State Department spokesman John Kirby:

   We've made clear our concerns about this expulsion, we believe it was unwarranted and inconsistent with the positive and constructive agenda that we seek with the government of Nicaragua.

4. Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner:

   If the government in Athens does not finally do more to secure the outer borders, then we will have to openly discuss a temporary expulsion of Greece from the Schengen area, it is a myth that the Greek-Turkish border cannot be controlled.

5. Mark Tooley:

   United Methodist's not going to go anywhere in terms of church action, but United Methodist is getting a lot of attention, if they stopped to think about United Methodist, most United Methodists would probably be very troubled by the idea of that someone who dissented from the political statements of United Methodist Church could be faced with a formal complaint or even expulsion.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=expulsion
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Expulsion
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=expulsion
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expulsion
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=expulsion
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=expulsion