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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expulsion |
| Synonyms: | banishment, disbarment, discharge, dismissal, elimination, eviction, exile, ouster, removal, the boot, the heave-ho, the sack, throwing out |
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| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a throw to the side |
| Synonyms: | casting, ejection, expulsion, fling, flinging, heave, heaving, hurl, hurling, launching, lob, lobbing, pitch, pitching, projection, propulsion, shooting, sling, slinging, thrust, thrusting, toss, tossing |
| Antonyms: | catch, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | deposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dethroning, ousting |
| Synonyms: | degradation, discharge, dismissal, displacement, ejection, impeachment, overthrow, removal, unfrocking |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | ax, bounce, bum's rush, congé, demobilization, ejection, gate, old heave ho, pink slip, the boot, the door, walking papers |
| Antonyms: | assignment, delegation, employment, engagement, hiring |
| Main Entry: | disposal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parting with or throwing something away |
| Synonyms: | auctioning, bartering, chucking, clearance, conveyance, demolishing, demolition, destroying, destruction, discarding, dispatching, dispensation, disposition, dumping, ejection, jettison, jettisoning, junking, relegation, relinquishment, removal, riddance, sacrifice, sale, scrapping, selling, trading, transfer, transference, vending |
| Antonyms: | hold, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | elimination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal |
| Synonyms: | cut, destruction, discard, displacement, dropping, ejection, eradication, exclusion, expulsion, extermination, omission, rejection, riddance, taking away, weeding out, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | emission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | issuance, diffusion |
| Synonyms: | discharge, ejaculation, ejection, emanation, exhalation, exudation, issue, radiation, shedding, transmission, utterance, venting |
| Antonyms: | concealment, containment, refrain, repression, suppression, withholding |
| Main Entry: | eviction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | throwing out of a residence |
| Synonyms: | boot, bounce*, bum's rush, clearance, dislodgement, dispossession, ejection, expulsion, kicking out, ouster, removal, rush, the gate, walking papers |
| Antonyms: | admittance, boarding, including, leasing, receiving, renting, welcome, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expulsion; forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, blackball, blockade, boycott, coventry, cut, debarment, debarring, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, embargo, eviction, exception, excommunication, interdict, interdicting, interdiction, keeping out, lockout, nonadmission, occlusion, omission, ostracism, ousting, preclusion, prevention, prohibition, proscription, refusal, rejection, relegation, removal, repudiation, segregation, separation, suspension, veto |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, addition, admittance, allowance, inclusion, incorporation, welcome |
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