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ban·ish

 (băn′ĭsh)
tr.v. ban·ished, ban·ish·ing, ban·ish·es
1. To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile: The spy was found guilty of treason and banished from the country.
2. To drive away; expel: We banished all our doubts and fears.
[Middle English banishen, from Old French banir, baniss-, of Germanic origin; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]
ban′ish·er n.
ban′ish·ment n.
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Banishment


expatriation
the process of abandoning one’s native land or of being exiled. — expatriate, n., adj., vb.
ostracism
1. a casting out from social or political society.
2. the ancient Athenian process of temporary banishment by popular vote, using potsherds or tiles for ballots.
petalism
the banishing of a citizen for five years if judged guilty of dangerous influence or ambition, as practiced in ancient Syracuse; olive leaves were used for ballots.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.banishment - the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)banishment - 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"
Coventry, ostracism
exclusion - the state of being excluded
2.banishment - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
proscription
rejection - the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"
anathematisation, anathematization - the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed
disbarment - the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law
expulsion, riddance, ejection, exclusion - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
deportation, expatriation, exile, transportation - the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"
excommunication, excision - 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; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia"
rustication - banishment into the country
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banishment

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

banishment

noun
Enforced removal from one's native country by official decree:
deportation, exile, expatriation, extradition, ostracism, transportation.
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Translations
نَفْي، طَرْد، إقْصاء
vyhnanstvívyhoštění
fordrivelseforvisning
karkotusmaanpako
száműzésszáműzetés
útlegî; brottvísun
vyhnanstvo
sürgünsürgüne gönderme

banishment

[ˈbænɪʃmənt] N → destierro m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

banishment

[ˈbænɪʃmənt] n (= exile) → bannissement m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

banishment

n → Verbannung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

banishment

[ˈbænɪʃmənt] n → esilio, bando
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

banish

(ˈbӕniʃ) verb
to send away (usually from a country), especially as a punishment. He was banished (from the country) for treason.
ˈbanishment noun
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