rustication

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noun

Residence in the country.

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Meanings

nounrustication (countable and uncountable, plural rustications)

plural rustications

  1. uncountableResidence in the country.
  2. countableuncountableThe act or process of rusticating.
  3. countableuncountableThe 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 Captain’s Notions”, in Tom Brown at Oxford: […], part 1st, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1861, →OCLC, page 192
  4. UKcountableuncountablegovernmentThe process of posting a person or relocating a unit from London (or a command HQ) to elsewhere in the country.

Origin

From rusticate + -ion.

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APA

rustication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rustication

MLA

“rustication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rustication. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rustication,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rustication.

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