Verb: rusticate 'rús-ti,keyt
- Live in the country and lead a rustic life
"After years in the city, they decided to rusticate in a small farming community"
- Send to the country
"He was rusticated for his bad behaviour"
- Suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
"The student was rusticated for cheating on his exams";
- send down [Brit]
- Give (stone) a rustic look
"The mason rusticated the facade to match the old farmhouse style"
- Lend a rustic character to
"rusticate the house in the country"
Derived forms: rusticating, rusticates, rusticated
Type of: alter, ban, banish, blackball, cast out, change, debar, domicil [rare], domicile, domiciliate [rare], modify, ostracise [Brit], ostracize, pill [slang], rebate, reside, shack, shun, suspend