expulsion
noun/ɪkˈspʌlʃən/
Etymology From Middle English expulsioun, from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsio, expulsionem.
1
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.
- Antonyms
- impulsion
- Derived terms
- antiexpulsion, chemoexpulsion, expulsionary, expulsionism, expulsionist, nonexpulsion, reexpulsion
- Related terms
- expel