banish

[ ban-ish ]

/ ˈbæn ɪʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.

to compel to depart; send, drive, or put away: to banish sorrow.

Nearby words

bangweulu, banh mi, bani, bania, banian, banish, banishment, banister, banister back, banisters, baniya

Origin of banish

1275–1325; Middle English banisshen < Anglo-French, Old French baniss-, long stem of banir < Frankish *bannjan to proclaim, akin to ban¹

SYNONYMS FOR banish

1 exile, expatriate, outlaw; deport.

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Related forms

ban·ish·er, nounban·ish·ment, nounnon·ban·ish·ment, nounpro·ban·ish·ment, adjective

self-ban·ished, adjectiveself-ban·ish·ment, nounun·ban·ished, adjective

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Examples from the Web for banishment

While quarantined, she was seemingly powerless to challenge her banishment to a tent in Newark.
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Second offenses would be punished by banishment…that could be appealed after one year.
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Hard to say if the banishment will make any impact on the outcome on the medal stand.
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“I truly thought my banishment would only last for a month or so,” she writes.
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Is the GOP becoming a smaller tent where dissent is grounds for banishment?
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The king has gone to a banishment far across the sea, the ministers are either banished or powerless for good or evil.
The Soul of a People|H. Fielding
I am permitted on the highest authority to assure you that your banishment will be but short.
The Orange Girl|Walter Besant
As it was, it took the strongest influence—Masonic, press and other—to save him from banishment.
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Meanwhile sentences of banishment and persecution of all sorts befel the Guelphs.
The Two First Centuries of Florentine History|Pasquale Villari
Embassies, special missions, banishment, were alleged to the Grand Duchess as the causes of their departure.
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British Dictionary definitions for banishment

banish

/ (ˈbænɪʃ) /

verb (tr)

to expel from a place, esp by an official decree as a punishment

to drive awayto banish gloom

Derived Forms

banishment, noun

Word Origin for banish

C14: from Old French banir, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German ban

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banish

verb (used with object)

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