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rusticate

[ruhs-ti-keyt] / ˈrʌs tɪˌkeɪt /
VERB
banish
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dismiss dispel drive away eject eliminate eradicate evict exclude exile get rid of isolate ostracize oust outlaw relegate remove
STRONG
ban deport discard discharge dislodge excommunicate expatriate proscribe sequester transport
WEAK
cast out expulse extradict shake off shut out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
accept admit allow fix hold include incorporate keep plant take in welcome
STRONG
permit
VERB
retire
Synonyms
STRONGEST
depart go pull out relinquish remove retreat separate surrender withdraw
STRONG
decamp ebb exit part recede regress repeal rescind resign revoke secede yield
WEAK
absent oneself deny oneself draw back fall back get away get off give ground give up work give way go away go to bed go to one's room go to sleep hand over hit the sack leave service make vacant pull back run along seclude oneself sever connections stop working take off turn in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
advance continue remain stay
STRONG
approve arrive come in increase join
WEAK
begin enter
VERB
superannuate
Synonyms
STRONG
decamp depart ebb exit go part pension recede regress relinquish remove repeal rescind resign retreat revoke secede separate surrender withdraw yield
WEAK
absent oneself deny oneself draw back fall back get away get off give ground give up work give way go away go to bed go to one's room go to sleep hand over hit the sack leave service make vacant pull back pull out put out to pasture run along seclude oneself sever connections stop working take off turn in
Antonyms
STRONG
advance allow approve arrive combine come come in enter forge increase join permit remain stay unite

Example Sentences

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Secretary of Commerce Lament will rusticate on his son's ranch at Larkspur, Col.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Mitchell was court-martialed in 1925 for his obstreperous advocacy of air power, his friend & follower Hap Arnold was sent off to rusticate at Fort Riley.

From Time Magazine Archive

In other words, as far as the Soviet-dominated government in Prague is concerned, Dub?ek's main job in Ankara is to rusticate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Washington bureau chief of the New York Times, who thought the Review's firm stand might encourage the Republican Party to rusticate Welch and all other extremists of his breed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Surely I did not leave Zgorzelice to rusticate at Plock.

From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Binion, Samuel A.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.