Now at that time the Blessed Buddha was dwelling at Kosamb, in the Ghosita rma. And at that time the venerable "Kh"anna, when he had committed a fault, was not willing to atone for that fault [ namely, the Ukkhepaniya-kamma on not atoning for a fault 1.
Footnotes
376:1 It will be seen from the above chapters, and especially from chapter 27, that the Ukkhepaniya-kamma is an Act, not of expulsion, but only of suspension. The ten cases in which a member of the Order could be expelled are those given above in Mahvagga I, 60; and the technical word for 'expel' is nseti.