Definition of banishment Banishment

/bæˈnɪʃmʌnt/ - [banishmunt] - ban•ish•ment

We found 7 definitions of banishment from 5 different sources.

What does banishment mean?

Noun Plural: banishments
banishment - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
		proscription
		rejection the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"
		anathematisation, anathematization the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed
		disbarment the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law
		ejection, riddance, expulsion, exclusion the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
		deportation, expatriation, exile, transportation the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
		excommunication, excision the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society
		relegation mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia"
banishment - 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, Coventry
		exclusion the state of being excluded