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Banishment Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Banishment has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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"

2

rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

3

The act of banishing.

See Also
banish banishments deportation exile banished ostracism cyberostracism internal exile
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
exclusion rejection
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
anathematization disbarment ejection exile excommunication relegation rustication
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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