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rustication

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rus·ti·cate  (rst-kt)
v. rus·ti·cat·ed, rus·ti·cat·ing, rus·ti·cates
v.intr.
To go to or live in the country.
v.tr.
1. To send to the country.
2. Chiefly British To suspend (a student) from a university.
3. To cut or shape (masonry blocks) so as to create a bold textured look, often by beveling the edges to form deep-set joints while leaving the central face rough-hewn or carved with various pointed or channeled patterns.

[Latin rsticr, rstict-, from rsticus, rustic; see rustic.]

rusti·cation n.
rusti·cator n.
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Noun1.rustication - the condition naturally attaching to life in the country
condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
2.rustication - the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner
construction, building - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
3.rustication - the action of retiring to and living in the country
retirement - withdrawal from your position or occupation
4.rustication - temporary dismissal of a student from a university
temporary removal, suspension - a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
Britain, 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; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
5.rustication - banishment into the country
banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
Translations
rustication [ˌrʌstɪˈkeɪʃən] N (Brit) (Univ) → suspensión f temporal


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I hadn't realised till this moment how I had been missing it all these days of rustication, and my heart went out to it with a vast homesickness.
From the cradle their children, instead of going to the Public Elementary schools (where the art of Feeling is taught), are sent to higher Seminaries of an exclusive character; and at our illustrious University, to "feel" is regarded as a most serious fault, involving Rustication for the first offence, and Expulsion for the second.
 
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