banishment
banishments
When someone is punished by being made to leave a particular place, it's called banishment. If your new puppy chews up another of your dad's shoes, it may mean banishment to the backyard.
In the old days, banishment was a common punishment for serious crimes — exiling someone from their town or village was shameful, leaving them estranged from their family and community. One particularly well-known banishment occurs in the Bible, when Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden of Eden. Today it's more common to use this word in a less serious way: "My banishment from the kitchen was inevitable after I broke three glasses in a row."
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rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
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synonyms:
proscription
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anathematisation, anathematization
the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed
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disbarment
the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law
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ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
the act of forcing out someone or something
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deportation, exile, expatriation, transportation
the act of expelling a person from their native land
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excision, excommunication
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
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relegation
mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position
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rustication
banishment into the country
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defenestration
the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
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deportation
the expulsion of a non-citizen from a country
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ostracism
the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
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barring, blackball
the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
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ouster, ousting
the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
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type of:
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rejection
the act of rejecting something
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the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
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