Noun: banishment ba-nish-munt
- Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
"The king's banishment of his rival secured his power";
- proscription
- The state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
"His racist remarks resulted in social banishment";
- ostracism, Coventry
Derived forms: banishments
Encyclopedia: Banishment