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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

退学する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

dropping out; withdrawal from school

Voluntary act of leaving school before completing a course. Often used with する to mean 'to drop out'.

expulsion; dismissal from school

Involuntary removal from school, typically as a disciplinary measure. Contrasts with voluntary withdrawal in sense 1.

leaving school after completing a course

dated term

Dated usage referring to finishing one's studies and leaving an institution, similar to modern 卒業する. Rare in contemporary Japanese.

〈場ば所しょ〉を退たい学がくするto drop out of <school>
彼かれは大だい学がくを一いち年ねんで退たい学がくした。
He dropped out of university after one year.
〈人ひと〉が退たい学がくになるfor someone to be expelled from school
彼かれはカンニングがばれて退たい学がくになった。
He was expelled after his cheating was discovered.
〈場ば所しょ〉から退たい学がくさせられるto be expelled from <school> (as a punishment)
彼かれは不ふ正せい行こう為いで学がっ校こうから退たい学がくさせられた。
He was expelled from school for misconduct.
退学届たいがくとどけを出だすto submit a withdrawal notice (to leave school)
母ははは学がっ校こうに退たい学がく届とどけを出だした。
My mother submitted a withdrawal notice to the school.

単たん位い取しゅ得とく退たい学がくwithdrawal after completing coursework; leaving without a degree

中ちゅう退たいN1sense 1
中退 specifically emphasizes leaving school partway through a course, while 退学 is broader and can also cover expulsion or (archaically) completion.
卒そつ業ぎょうN4sense 3
In its rare, dated sense 退学 can mean finishing one's studies and leaving, much like the modern word 卒業, which is the standard term for graduating.
除じょ籍せき
退学 means leaving or being expelled from school in general, while 除籍 emphasizes the administrative act of removing the student's name from the school register.

入にゅう学がくN4
入学 means entering or being admitted to a school, the opposite process of leaving it as described by 退学.
就しゅう学がく
退学 means withdrawing or being expelled from school, the opposite of 就学, which means entering or attending school.
在ざい学がくN2
在学 means being currently enrolled and attending school, whereas 退学 means withdrawing or being expelled from school, ending that status.

除じょ籍せき sense 2
除籍 refers to administrative removal from a school's register (e.g. for nonpayment or long absence), whereas 退学 in its disciplinary sense refers specifically to expulsion as a punishment.
卒そつ業ぎょうN4
退学 means dropping out of or being expelled from school, often involuntarily, while 卒業 implies successfully completing the whole program.
停てい学がくN1
停学 is a temporary suspension from school, while 退学 means permanent expulsion or dropping out.
休きゅう学がくN2
休学 is a temporary, official leave from school with the intent to return, while 退学 means permanently withdrawing or being expelled from school.

Compound of 退 (retreat, withdraw) and 学 (learning, school). The meaning 'leaving school' is transparent from the kanji.