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отлучи́ть — meaning in English

otluchit

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English meaning

  • ostracize verb To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
  • wean verb To gradually stop a baby or young animal from feeding on milk, switching it to other food.

Senses

отлучи́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • excommunicate (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
  • ostracize (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]
  • wean (transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.

ostracize — full definition

  1. verb To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
  2. verb To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.

wean — full definition

  1. verb To gradually stop a baby or young animal from feeding on milk, switching it to other food.
  2. verb To gradually break a habit or dependence.
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