rustication

English

Etymology

From rusticate +‎ -ion.

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Noun

rustication (countable and uncountable, plural rustications)

1. (uncountable) Residence in the country.
2. The act or process of rusticating.
3. The result of having been rusticated.
   • 1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], “The Captain’s Notions”, in Tom Brown at Oxford: […], part 1st, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1861, →OCLC, page 192:

     "You don't think he'll rusticate us, or any thing of that sort?" said Tom, who had felt horrible twinges at the captain's picture of the effects of rustication on ordinary mortals.

4. (UK, military) The process of posting a person or relocating a unit from London (or a command HQ) to elsewhere in the country.

Related terms

• rusticate

Anagrams

• urtications