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ejection
noun
1 the ejection of an electron from an atom:
emission, discharge, expulsion, release, exudation, excretion, elimination, disgorgement.
antonyms absorption.
2 fans were angry at their ejection from the ground:
expulsion, throwing out, removal, ousting;
eviction, dispossession, banishment, deportation, exile.
antonyms admission.
3 the crowd called for his ejection from office:
dismissal, removal, discharge, ousting, expulsion, layoff, redundancy, notice;
Military cashiering;
informal sacking, the sack, firing, axing, the boot, the push, the (old) heave-ho, the bullet, defenestration;
British, informal turfing out, one's cards, the chop;
North American, informal the bum's rush.
antonyms appointment.