Ostracize Moderate

Ostracize has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

expel from a community or group

banish ban ostracize ostracise shun cast out blackball

avoid speaking to or dealing with

"Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"

ostracize ostracise

To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.

See Also

ostracum ostracization unostracized ostracon ostracizest cut someone dead ostracizes silent treatment

Related Terms

ostracum ostracization unostracized ostracon ostracizest cut someone dead ostracizes silent treatment shun off tap ostracizing blackball ostracizeth ostracized ostracism athens send to coventry ostracizer

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

expel exclude

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

boycott

Rhyming Words

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