expulsion

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪkˈspʌlʃən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪkˈspʌlʃən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ik spulshən)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ex•pul•sion /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable* countable]
  1. the act of expelling;
    the state of being expelled.
See -puls-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ex•pul•sion  (ik spulshən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of driving out or expelling:expulsion of air.
  2. the state of being expelled:The prisoner's expulsion from society embittered him.
  • Latin expulsiōn- (stem of expulsiō), equivalent. to expuls(us) driven out (past participle of expellere to expel) + -iōn- -ion
  • Middle English 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
expulsion / ɪkˈspʌlʃən/
  1. the act of expelling or the fact or condition of being expelled
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin expulsiō a driving out, from expellere to expel
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