"rustication" meaning in English

See rustication in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-rustication.wav [US] Forms: rustications [plural]
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  1. (uncountable) Residence in the country. Tags: uncountable
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  2. The act or process of rusticating. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rustication-en-noun-XVjUNV~E Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 45 7 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 41 5 51
  3. The result of having been rusticated. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rustication-en-noun-I5s5v28Y
  4. (UK, military) The process of posting a person or relocating a unit from London (or a command HQ) to elsewhere in the country. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: rusticate, rusticatio

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