Definition of banish Banish

/bæˈnɪʃ/ - [banish] - ban•ish

We found 23 definitions of banish from 6 different sources.

What does banish mean?

Verb banishes, banishing, banished
banish - expel from a community or group
		ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
		kick out, expel, throw out force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
banish - expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
		relegate, bar
		kick out, expel, throw out force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
		spike manifest a sharp increase; "the voltage spiked"
banish - ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
		ban
		kick out, expel, throw out force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
		rusticate lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country"
banish - drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"
		chase away, drive away, drive off, dispel, drive out, turn back, run off force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

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banish (Verb)
To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
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If you don't stop talking blasphemes, I will banish you.
banish (Verb)
He was banished from the kingdom.
banish (Verb)
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1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Modern Library 1999, p. 64.
banish (Verb)
For I am banished out of the country of Logris for ever, that is for to say the country of England.
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1603, , translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II. 1.
banish (Verb)
He never referreth any one unto vertue, religion, or conscience: as if they were all extinguished and banished the world .. ..
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1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 19.
banish (Verb)
Then yours she will never be! You are banished her presence; her mother has opened her eyes to your designs, and she is now upon her guard against them.
banish (Verb)
To expel, especially from the mind.

banish (v. t.)
To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.
banish (v. t.)
To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of.
banish (v. t.)
To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.

banish
To send away, especially as a punishment.
banish
To accept no longer in a community, group or country, e.g. by official decree.
banish
To send into exile.

banish
ban′ish, v.t. to condemn to exile: to drive away: to expel (with from, out of).—n. Ban′ishment, exile. [Fr. bannir—Low L. bannire, to proclaim. See Ban.]