ban·ish (b n  sh)tr.v. ban·ished, ban·ish·ing, ban·ish·es 1. To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile. 2. To drive away; expel: We banished all our doubts and fears. [Middle English banishen, from Old French banir, baniss-, of Germanic origin; see bh  -2 in Indo-European roots.]ban ish·er n.ban ish·ment n.Synonyms: banish, exile, expatriate, deport, transport, extradite These verbs mean to send away from a country or state. Banish applies to forced departure from a country by official decree: The spy was found guilty of treason and banished from the country. Exile specifies voluntary or involuntary departure from one's own country because of adverse circumstances: The royal family was exiled after the uprising. Expatriate pertains to departure that is sometimes forced but often voluntary and may imply change of citizenship: She was expatriated because of her political beliefs. Deport denotes the official act of expelling an alien: The foreigner was deported for entering the country illegally. Transport pertains to sending a criminal abroad, usually to a penal colony: Offenders were transported to Devil's Island. Extradite applies to the delivery of an accused or convicted person to the state or country having jurisdiction over him or her: The court will extradite the terrorists. |
Banishment
the process of abandoning one’s native land or of being exiled. — expatriate, n., adj., vb.
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.
2. the ancient Athenian process of temporary banishment by popular vote, using potsherds or tiles for ballots.
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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| Noun | 1. | 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" exclusion - the state of being excluded |
| 2. | banishment - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone 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 |
banishment
noun expulsion, exile, dismissal, removal, discharge, transportation, exclusion, deportation, eviction, ejection, extrusion, proscription, expatriation, debarment banishment from political and industrial life
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