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expulsion

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: projection, ejection, forcing out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: propulsion, actuation

Narrower terms: belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation, coughing up, spit, spitting, expectoration, vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking

3

noun

Meaning 3

the act of forcing out someone or something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ejection, exclusion, riddance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: banishment, proscription

Narrower terms: defenestration, deportation, ostracism, barring, blackball, ouster, ousting

4

noun

Meaning 4

squeezing out by applying pressure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: extrusion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: squeeze, squeezing

History

Etymology

From Middle English expulsioun, from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsio, expulsionem.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِبْعَاد (ʔibʕād) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Armenian: արտաքսում (artakʻsum) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Armenian: վտարում (vtarum) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Azerbaijani: qovulma — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Azerbaijani: qovma — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Bulgarian: отстраняване (otstranjavane) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Bulgarian: изгонване (izgonvane) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Chinese Mandarin: 開除 /开除 (kāichú) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驅逐 /驱逐 (qūzhú) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Danish: udstødelse (af fx forening) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Danish: eksklusion (fx af forening) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Danish: udvisning — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Danish: bortvisning (fra skole el.lign.) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Danish: relegering (fra universitet) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Dutch: uitwijzing — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Esperanto: forpelo — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • French: expulsion — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Georgian: გაძევება (gaʒeveba) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • German: Entfernung — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • German: Vertreibung — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • German: Ausweisung — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Greek: αποβολή (apovolí) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Ancient Greek: ἔξωσμα (éxōsma) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Hindi: निष्कासन (niṣkāsan) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Hungarian: kiutasítás — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Hungarian: kitoloncolás — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Hungarian: eltanácsolás — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Italian: espulsione — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Japanese: 排除 (haijo) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Japanese: 追放 (tsuihō) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Korean: 추방 (chubang) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Ladino: גירוש (gerush) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Latin: expulsiō — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Latin: exactiō — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Māori: pananga — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Māori: peinga — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Norwegian: utvist — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utdrivelse — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Persian: اخراج (exrâj) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Polish: wydalenie — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Portuguese: expulsão — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Russian: изгна́ние (izgnánije) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Russian: исключе́ние (isključénije) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Russian: отстране́ние (otstranénije) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Russian: удале́ние (udalénije) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Spanish: expulsión — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Swedish: utvisning — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Swedish: relegering — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Swedish: uteslutning — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Thai: ไล่ออก (lâi-ɔ̀ɔk) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Turkish: kovma — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Turkish: kovulma — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Ottoman Turkish: اخراج (ihrâc) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
  • Yiddish: גירוש (girush) — the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
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