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ejection

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ejection  \E*jec"tion\,  n.  [L.  ejectio:  cf  F.  ['e]jection.] 
  1.  The  act  of  ejecting  or  casting  out  discharge;  expulsion; 
  evacuation.  ``Vast  ejection  of  ashes.''  --Eustace.  ``The 
  ejection  of  a  word.''  --Johnson. 
 
  2.  (Physiol.)  The  act  or  process  of  discharging  anything  from 
  the  body,  particularly  the  excretions. 
 
  3.  The  state  of  being  ejected  or  cast  out  dispossession; 
  banishment. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ejection 
  n  1:  the  act  of  expelling  or  projecting  or  ejecting  [syn:  {expulsion}, 
  {projection},  {forcing  out}] 
  2:  the  act  of  expelling  someone  [syn:  {exclusion},  {expulsion}, 
  {riddance}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  EJECTION,  n.  An  approved  remedy  for  the  disease  of  garrulity.  It  is 
  also  much  used  in  cases  of  extreme  poverty.




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