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. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   Violence or the threat of violence must never be permitted to influence the actions or judgments of the university community. Once it does, the community, almost by definition, ceases to be a university. It is for this reason that from time immemorial expulsion has been the primary instrument of university discipline.

2. Michael Knights:

   The strategy in Iraq will be to prevent an ISIL (Islamic State) recurrence and to prevent an expulsion of the U.S. by Iranian-backed actors. The two issues are viewed as linked, there is a lot of Iraq experience inside this administration and it shows in the long-term commitment to Iraqi security that is being offered.

3. 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.

4. Max Stern:

   We can not help but think it not coincidental that the decision by Yale University officials to seek expulsion of the captain of Yale University basketball team followed by little more than a month the report of the Association of American Universities( AAU) which was highly critical of the incidence of sexual assault on the Yale University campus, and the Yale University President's promise, in response, to' redouble our efforts,' from what appears, Jack Montague has been pilloried as a' whipping boy' for a campus problem that has galvanized national attention.

5. Stanislaw Zaryn:

   Due to Russia’s policy towards the Republic of Poland and its allies, as well as taking into account Russian aggression against Ukraine, the head of the agency requests the expulsion of the indicated persons from the territory of the Republic of Poland.

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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