banishment

[ ban-ish-muhnt ]

/ ˈbæn ɪʃ mənt /

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Definition of banishment

noun

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.

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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Origin of banishment

banish + -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM banishment

non·ban·ish·ment, nounpro·ban·ish·ment, nounself-ban·ish·ment, noun

Words nearby banishment

banh mi, bani, bania, banian, banish, banishment, banister, banister back, banisters, Banja Luka, Banjarmasin

How to use banishment in a sentence

I arrived at a haunted lot where I had to banish ghostly entities.
I recreated ‘Phasmophobia’ in ‘The Sims 4’ with the game’s new paranormal pack|Elise Favis|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
I just stopped talking to everybody because I didn’t know who to trust because I had been banished.
‘I lost everything’: Janet Hubert confronts Will Smith about their falling out in the ‘Fresh Prince’ reunion|Helena Andrews-Dyer|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
Suddenly, social media and other digital diversions are no longer a parenting scourge, but a blessing, as we watch our children shut in all week, banished from schools and parks.
'Nobody Wants to Be Alone.' Video Chat Is Having a Moment as Millions Are Isolated|Vivienne Walt / Paris|March 18, 2020|Time
While quarantined, she was seemingly powerless to challenge her banishment to a tent in Newark.
Are Mandatory Ebola Quarantines Legal?|Tim Mak|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Second offenses would be punished by banishment…that could be appealed after one year.
Was Firing Ray Rice The Right Move?|Caitlin Dickson|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hard to say if the banishment will make any impact on the outcome on the medal stand.
The Olympics Are Already Two Days Old. This Is Your Test.|Kevin Bleyer|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Conservatives know deep down that they have to toe the line or risk banishment.
The Right’s Scandal Hypocrisy|Michael Tomasky|May 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“I truly thought my banishment would only last for a month or so,” she writes.
‘Banished’ Lauren Drain on Growing Up in the Westboro Baptist Church|David Sessions|March 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
George I assented to the bill for the banishment of bishop Atterbury, whose great virtues are now remembered.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The first banishment for contravention of this regulation took place on January 6, 1905.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Hadria was incorrigibly flippant about the banishment of important local subjects.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
He forbade his subjects, under pain of banishment, to rake up the old causes of dispute.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
In the fourth, they provide banishment, and death in case of return, for Jesuits and Popish priests of every denomination.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2|Egerton Ryerson