rus·ti·cate

(rŭs′tĭ-kāt′)

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) with deep-set joints and a rough-hewn face.

[Latin rūsticārī, rūsticāt-, from rūsticus, rustic; see rustic.]

rus′ti·ca′tion n.

rus′ti·ca′tor n.

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rustication

- A trip to the country.

See also related terms for trip.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	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.

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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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This combination of civic scale and formality avoids the romantic obsession with rustication and ruination of much English garden design.

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He recalled the incident of his expulsion from the Karachi University for demanding, as the president of the students' union, withdrawal of rustication orders of three students from Balochistan.

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A panel had, in 2016, recommended rustication of Umar Khalid and two other students while a fine of Rs 10,000 was imposed on Kanhaiya Kumar, the then students' union president, in connection with the event.

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It announced the rustication of one of its students, Kunle Adebajo, for writing an article on the cosmetic renovation of one of the halls of residence, published in one of the national dailies, which the university not only considered critical but an embarrassment to it.

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The rustication feature is likened to Medice Recardi and Pallazzo Caprini (renaissance palaces built in Italy) and Sicilian Baroque that possesses Baroque architectural features of 17th and 18th centuries.

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It is pertinent to note that expulsion means now the student cannot get admission in any department of the university forever while rustication is for one year.

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After expulsion, a person cannot get admission to any department of the university forever while rustication is just a one-year bar.

Punjab University expels 17 'miscreants'

It may be noted that expulsion means now the student cannot ever get admission in any department of the university, while rustication is for one year.

PU expels 13 IJT, 4 Pashtun-Baloch students in first phase

Vemula committed suicide after his rustication, allegedly at the behest of Irani.

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FAISALABAD -- Security guards of University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) thrashed media personnel on Tuesday as they attempted to follow up on rustication of three students earlier this month.

University of Agriculture Faisalabad guards attack journalists