Definition: expulsion

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

expulsion
     n 1: the act of expelling someone [syn: ejection, exclusion,
          riddance]
     2: squeezing out by applying pressure [syn: extrusion]
     3: the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting [syn: projection,
         ejection, forcing out]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

expulsion \`["e]x*pul"sion\ (r?`?ks*p?l"sh?n), n.
   Renewed or repeated expulsion. --Fuller.
Expulsion \Ex*pul"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.