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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

radiation

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ra-di-a-syon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disbarment/dɪsˈbɑːr.mənt/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #28500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il a été soumis à une radiation de l'ordre des avocats."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of revoking the license of a lawyer to practice law.

    "The lawyer faced disbarment after being found guilty of misconduct."
  2. 2

    The state of being disbarred.

    "His disbarment left him without a means of earning a living."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix 'dis-' (meaning removal or reversal) and 'bar', referring to the wooden railing separating the public area from the court where barristers stand. Historically rooted in Anglo-American legal tradition, it evolved to describe the formal revocation of a lawyer's license to practice law.

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