Word

banishment, n.
(banishments)

rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
<noun.act>

banishment proscription

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hyponym

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

the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
<noun.state>

Coventry banishment ostracism

sample sentences

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

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ostracize ostracize ostracise ostracise

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