rustication

Residence in the country.

Noun

  1. Residence in the country.
  2. The act or process of rusticating.
  3. The result of having been rusticated.
    • "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. - 1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], “The...
  4. The process of posting a person or relocating a unit from London (or a command HQ) to elsewhere in the country.

Origin

Etymology tree English rusticate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English rustication From rusticate + -ion.

Forms

rustications

Related

rusticate rusticatio