expulsion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expulsion	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for expulsion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expulsion n the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" Synonym(s): ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple" Synonym(s): extrusion, expulsion the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting Synonym(s): expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expulsion \Expul"sion\, n. [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See {Expel}.] 1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc. The expulsion* of the Tarquins. --Shak. 2. The state of being expelled or driven out.