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banishment
ostracism
Coventry
Definition: 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"
ostracism
Definition: the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
Definition: In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.