'Banishment' definitions:
Definition of 'banishment'
From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: banishment, ostracism, Coventry]
noun
Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone [syn: banishment, proscription]
Definition of 'Banishment'
From: GCIDE
- Banishment \Ban"ish*ment\, n. [Cf. F. bannissement.] The act of banishing, or the state of being banished. [1913 Webster]
- He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- Round the wide world in banishment we roam. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile; outlawry. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'banishment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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