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Banishment

Banishment Meaning & Definition
Banishment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Banishment?

[n] rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
[n] the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Banishment: Coventry | ostracism | proscription

Related Terms | Find terms related to Banishment: ban | blackball | blackballing | blacklist | boycott | boycottage | defrocking | degradation | demotion | depluming | deportation | deprivation | disbarment | disfellowship | displacement | displuming | exclusion | excommunication | exile | expatriation | expulsion | extradition | fugitation | ostracism | ostracization | outlawing | outlawry | proscription | relegation | rustication | stripping | transportation | unfrocking

See Also | anathematisation | anathematization | deportation | disbarment | ejection | excision | exclusion | exclusion | excommunication | exile | expatriation | expulsion | rejection | relegation | riddance | rustication | transportation

Banishment In Webster's Dictionary

\Ban"ish*ment\, n. [Cf. F. bannissement.] The act of banishing, or the state of being banished. He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. --Johnson. Round the wide world in banishment we roam. --Dryden. Syn: Expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile; outlawry.

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