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banishment

  • noun
  • ban·ish·ment
  • /ˈbænɪʃmənt/

The act of banishing.

Example

“The judge pronounced banishment upon the war criminal.”

Other meanings

  1. The state of being banished, exile.

    “He has been in banishment from his home country for well over four years.”

Synonyms

  • exile

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “banishment” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.