banishment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: banishment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for banishment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
banishment n 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" Synonym(s): banishment, ostracism, Coventry rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone Synonym(s): banishment, proscription
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Banishment \Ban"ishment\, n. [Cf. F. bannissement.] The act of banishing, or the state of being banished. He secured himself by the banishment* of his enemies. --Johnson. Round the wide world in banishment we roam. --Dryden. Syn: Expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile; outlawry.