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banishment

ba·nish·ment

UK/ˈbænɪʃmənt/ US/ˈbɛə̯nɪʃmənt/ uncommon

noun

1.

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”
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2.

rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

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From banish + -ment.

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