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Define banish. banish synonyms, banish pronunciation, banish translation, English dictionary definition of banish. tr.v. ban·ished , ban·ish·ing , ban·ish·es 1 ...
2 meanings: 1. to expel from a place, esp by an official decree as a punishment 2. to drive away.... Click for more definitions.
SYNONYMY NOTE: banish implies removal from a country (not necessarily one's own) as a formal punishment; exile implies compulsion to leave one's own country, either because of a formal decree or through force of circumstance; expatriate suggests more strongly voluntary exile and often implies the acquiring of citizenship in another country; to deport is to send (an alien) out of the country, because the alien either entered unlawfully or is regarded as undesirable; to transport is to banish ...
banish somebody/something (from something) to make somebody/something go away; to get rid of somebody/something The sight of food banished all other thoughts from my mind. He was determined to banish all feelings of guilt.
BANISH meaning: 1. to send someone away from a place, often as a punishment: 2. to make yourself stop thinking…. Learn more.
Banish definition: to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile. See examples of BANISH used in a sentence.
