banishment

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
banishment
    n 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" [syn: {banishment}, {ostracism},
         {Coventry}]
    2: rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing
       someone [syn: {banishment}, {proscription}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Banishment \Ban"ish*ment\, n. [Cf. F. bannissement.]
   The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.
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         He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies.
                                                  --Johnson.
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         Round the wide world in banishment we roam. --Dryden.
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   Syn: Expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile;
        outlawry.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
BANISHMENT, crim. law. A punishment inflicted upon criminals, by compelling 
them to quit a city, place, or country, for, a specified period of time, or 
for life. Vide 4 Dall. 14. Deportation; Relegation.
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "banishment":
      ban, blackball, blackballing, blacklist, boycott, boycottage,
      defrocking, degradation, demotion, depluming, deportation,
      deprivation, disbarment, disfellowship, displacement, displuming,
      exclusion, excommunication, exile, expatriation, expulsion,
      extradition, fugitation, ostracism, ostracization, outlawing,
      outlawry, proscription, relegation, rustication, stripping,
      transportation, unfrocking
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