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banishment - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'banishment' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Banishment [ n.]
- The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

Meaning of 'banishment' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . banishment [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
Example in sentence:
  • the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry