Word

rusticate \RUHS-tih-kayt\

Meaning

intransitive verb: To go into or reside in the country; to pursue a rustic life.

transitive verb:

1. To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily.
2. (Chiefly British) To suspend from school or college.
3. To build with usually rough-surfaced masonry blocks having beveled or rebated edges producing pronounced joints.
4. To lend a rustic character to; to cause to become rustic.

Examples

Ezra holds out in London, and refuses to rusticate.

--T. S. Eliot to Conrad Aiken, 21 August 1916, [1]The Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume I, 1898-1922, edited by Valerie Eliot

For the longest time, we're stuck in a cabin hewn out of the ground in a parcel of woods as the boys hide and mend; for another, we rusticate on a farm bounded by fields that must be tilled by the hard labor of man and beast.

--Stephen Hunter, "When Johnny Doesn't Come Marching Home," [2]Washington Post, December 17, 1999

Czechoslovak Communists would imprison or rusticate those who had been active in the Prague Spring.

--Charles S. Maier, [3]Dissolution

Extra

Rusticate comes from the past participle of Latin rusticari, "to live in the country," from rusticus, "rural, rustic," from rus, "the country."

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My cousin Hemal loves the peace and slow life of Rajkot compared to Mumbai. Rajkot is a small town compared to Mumbai but it has all the necessary amenities within the town itself. Using scooter or bikes, you have luxury of going out anytime without depending on the bus and trains and traffic as in Mumbai. Mumbaites normally spend about 3-4 hours traveling for an 8-hour job leaving hardly anytime for yourself and your family. For women, it is especially hectic as they have additional household chores to do as well. No wonder my cousin would like to rusticate soon.