banishment | ||
1. | [ noun ] the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | |
Synonyms: | coventry ostracism | |
Examples: | "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry" |
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Related terms: | exclusion banish ostracize | |
2. | [ noun ] rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | |
Synonyms: | proscription | |
Related terms: | rejection ejection exile excommunication disbarment rustication relegation anathematisation forbid | |