expulsion

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

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/

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expulsion (countable and uncountable, plural expulsions)

1. The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

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

• impulsion

• expel

Borrowed from Latin expulsiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spyl.sjɔ̃/

expulsion f (plural expulsions)

1. expulsion, eviction
   • 1918, Marcel Proust, À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs [In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower] (À la recherche du temps perdu)‎:

     Elle s’étonnait qu’on fût scandalisé des expulsions des jésuites, disant que cela s’était toujours fait, même sous la monarchie, même en Espagne.

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2. (sports) sending-off, red card, dismissal

• expulser

• “expulsion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.