RUSTICATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does rustication mean?
• RUSTICATION (noun)
The noun RUSTICATION has 5 senses:
1. the condition naturally attaching to life in the country
2. the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner
3. the action of retiring to and living in the country
4. temporary dismissal of a student from a university
5. banishment into the country
Familiarity information: RUSTICATION used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• RUSTICATION (noun)
Meaning:
The condition naturally attaching to life in the country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rustication" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Meaning:
The construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rustication" is a kind of...):
building; construction (the act of constructing something)
Meaning:
The action of retiring to and living in the country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rustication" is a kind of...):
retirement (withdrawal from your position or occupation)
Meaning:
Temporary dismissal of a student from a university
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rustication" is a kind of...):
suspension; temporary removal (a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc))
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Meaning:
Banishment into the country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rustication" is a kind of...):
banishment; proscription (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)
