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English noun: banishment

1. banishment (state) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)


SamplesThe association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry.


SynonymsCoventry, ostracism


Broader (hypernym)exclusion

2. banishment (act) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone


Synonymsproscription


Broader (hypernym)rejection


Narrower (hyponym)anathematisation, anathematization, deportation, disbarment, ejection, excision, exclusion, excommunication, exile, expatriation, expulsion, relegation, riddance, rustication, transportation









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