Meaning of BANISHMENT
| Pronunciation: | | b'anishmunt
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | Coventry, ostracism, proscription |
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| | See Also: | | anathematisation, anathematization, deportation, disbarment, ejection, excision, exclusion, exclusion, excommunication, exile, expatriation, expulsion, rejection, relegation, riddance, rustication, transportation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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