noun
Meaning 1
Residence in the country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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rustication
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noun
Meaning 2
The act or process of rusticating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The result of having been rusticated.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The process of posting a person or relocating a unit from London (or a command HQ) to elsewhere in the country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 5
banishment into the country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: banishment, proscription
noun
Meaning 6
temporary dismissal of a student from a university
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Broader terms: suspension, temporary removal
noun
Meaning 7
the action of retiring to and living in the country
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Broader terms: retirement
noun
Meaning 8
the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner
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Broader terms: construction, building
noun
Meaning 9
the condition naturally attaching to life in the country
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Broader terms: condition, status
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English rusticate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English rustication From rusticate + -ion.
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