Antonyms for rusticate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ruhs-ti-keyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌs tɪˌkeɪt |
Definition of rusticate
Origin :- 1650s, from Latin rusticatus, past participle of rusticarti "to live in the country" (see rustication). Related: Rusticated; rusticating.
- As in retire : verb leave a place or responsibility
- As in banish : verb expel from place or situation
- As in superannuate : verb retire
- When we rusticate in the wilds we take a troop of friends along.
- Extract from : « Johnstone of the Border » by Harold Bindloss
- They sent her down to rusticate somewhere at the end of the season.
- Extract from : « Guy Livingstone; » by George A. Lawrence
- For four months the most energetic man in the Army was able to rusticate.
- Extract from : « Sir John French » by Cecil Chisholm
- Many Oporto families own country-houses in the Minho, and rusticate there very pleasantly for a month or two in early fall.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various
- Murphy was dismissed in disgrace, and ordered to rusticate on board till his eye was bright.
- Extract from : « Frank Mildmay » by Captain Frederick Marryat
- To him the Toba valley served well enough as a place to rusticate.
- Extract from : « The Hidden Places » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
- "I wonder what possessed the governor to rusticate," thought Dacres as he turned away.
- Extract from : « The Dreadnought of the Air » by Percy F. Westerman
- He told me that he was on the look-out for a quiet, unfrequented place on the sea-shore, where he might rusticate and sketch.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 » by Various
- No one else taking up the cudgels for poor Charles, the Master said he was afraid he must rusticate him.
- Extract from : « Ravenshoe » by Henry Kingsley
- The Legate orders Luitolfo to his house, and recommends the patriot to rusticate himself awhile.
- Extract from : « The Browning Cyclopdia » by Edward Berdoe
Synonyms for rusticate
- absent oneself
- ban
- cast out
- decamp
- deny oneself
- depart
- deport
- discard
- discharge
- dislodge
- dismiss
- dispel
- draw back
- drive away
- ebb
- eject
- eliminate
- eradicate
- evict
- exclude
- excommunicate
- exile
- exit
- expatriate
- expulse
- extradict
- fall back
- get away
- get off
- get rid of
- give ground
- give up work
- give way
- go
- go away
- go to bed
- go to one's room
- go to sleep
- hand over
- hit the sack
- isolate
- leave service
- make vacant
- ostracize
- oust
- outlaw
- part
- pension
- proscribe
- pull back
- pull out
- put out to pasture
- recede
- regress
- relegate
- relinquish
- remove
- repeal
- rescind
- resign
- retreat
- revoke
- run along
- rusticate
- secede
- seclude oneself
- separate
- sequester
- sever connections
- shake off
- shut out
- stop working
- surrender
- take off
- transport
- turn in
- withdraw
- yield
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