[syn: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ejection \E*jec"tion\, n. [L. ejectio: cf. F. ['e]jection.]
1. The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion;
evacuation. "Vast ejection of ashes." --Eustace. "The
ejection of a word." --Johnson.
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2. (Physiol.) The act or process of discharging anything from
the body, particularly the excretions.
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3. The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession;
banishment.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ejection
n 1: the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting [syn:
expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out]
2: the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of
troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from
school" [syn: ejection, exclusion, expulsion,
riddance]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is
also much used in cases of extreme poverty.