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   ex·pul·sion

   /ikˈspəlSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the action of depriving someone of membership in an organization: "expulsion from school" Similar removaldebarmentdismissalexclusiondischargeejectionrejectionblackballingblacklistingsuspensionbanishmentexiledeportationevictionexpatriationrepatriationrefoulementpurgingdisplacementtransportationinformal:sackingdrumming outthe bounceOpposite admission
   • ▪ the process of forcing someone to leave a place, especially a country: "the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain"
   • ▪ the process of forcing something out of the body: "oxytocin causes expulsion of milk from the lactating mammary gland" Similar dischargeejectionexcretionvoidingvoidanceevacuationejaculationdisgorgementeliminationemptying outpassingdraining

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin expulsio(n-), from expellere ‘drive out’ (see expel).

   Derivatives

   • 1. expulsive adjective

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