banishment

American  

[ban-ish-muhnt] / ˈbæn ɪʃ mənt /

noun

1. expulsion from a country, place, or position by authoritative decree, or the state of having been expelled.

   A royal proclamation ordered the banishment of all priests from the city.

   The team’s wide receiver flunked another drug test and will now be subject to a one-year banishment, according to league sources.

2. the act of driving away, or the state of having been sent away or driven out.

   We strive for the preservation of peace and the banishment of tyranny and slavery from the earth.

   The decades after World War II were marked not by disarmament and the banishment of war but by ceaseless confrontation and the division of the world into hostile blocs.

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Other Word Forms

• nonbanishment noun
• probanishment noun
• self-banishment noun

Etymology

Origin of banishment

banish ( def. ) + -ment ( def. )

Example Sentences

Prior to Wednesday's uncloaking, Stephen and Rachel had made a pact that they would not write each other's names down at the round table during future banishments.

From BBC

Claudia will be welcoming 22 more people to the castle for another series filled with banishments and betrayal as they try to win up to £120,000.

From BBC

Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.

From The Wall Street Journal

That means the banishment will be left “to the hands of fate,” Winkleman said.

From BBC

After his banishment, the 27-year-old revealed that he had always been a faithful.

From BBC

Related Words

• deportation
• expulsion