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noun
- 1. the punishment of being sent away from a country or other place: "Adam and Eve's banishment from the Garden of Eden"
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the act of sending someone or something away from a place and not allowing them to come back: Convention delegates faced banishment for having broken the rules. Most area residents are very happy with the banishment of cars from the park. See. banish. Fewer examples.
Banishment definition: expulsion from a country, place, or position by authoritative decree, or the state of having been expelled. See examples of BANISHMENT used in a sentence.
to require by authority to leave a country; to drive out or remove from a home or place of usual resort or continuance; to clear away : dispel… See the full definition
When someone is punished by being made to leave a particular place, it's called banishment. If your new puppy chews up another of your dad's shoes, it may mean banishment to the backyard.
1. To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile: The spy was found guilty of treason and banished from the country. 2. To drive away; expel: We banished all our doubts and fears. [Middle English banishen, from Old French banir, baniss-, of Germanic origin; see bhā- in Indo-European roots .] ban′ish·er n. ban′ish·ment n.
Definition of banishment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished..... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
A complete guide to the word "BANISHMENT": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
noun. The act of banishing. The judge pronounced banishment upon the war criminal. Wiktionary. The state of being banished, exile. He has been in banishment from his home country for well over four years. Wiktionary. Synonyms: ostracism. coventry. proscription. expulsion. deportation. expatriation. extradition. transportation. exile.
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.
