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BANISHMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
Synonyms:
banishment; proscription
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("banishment" is a kind of...):
rejection (the act of rejecting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "banishment"):
anathematisation; anathematization (the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed)
disbarment (the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law)
ejection; exclusion; expulsion; riddance (the act of forcing out someone or something)
deportation; exile; expatriation; transportation (the act of expelling a person from their native land)
excision; excommunication (the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society)
relegation (mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position)
rustication (banishment into the country)
Derivation:
banish (expel, as if by official decree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
Example:
the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry
Synonyms:
banishment; Coventry; ostracism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("banishment" is a kind of...):
exclusion (the state of being excluded)
Derivation:
banish (expel from a community or group)
