Meaning & use
rusticate
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To go to live in or spend time in the countryside, typically for rest or a simpler lifestyle.
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After years in the city, they decided to rusticate to a small farmhouse in the hills.
The student was rusticated for a term after the disciplinary hearing.
A note on using this word
The university-discipline sense of "rusticate" is chiefly British, historically implying a student was sent away to the countryside as punishment.
Words with a similar meaning
retire to the country
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Another way to use it
2. verb
British: to suspend a student temporarily from a university
He was rusticated for the remainder of the academic year.
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