banishment
noun
expulsion from a country, place, or position by authoritative decree, or the state of having been expelled.
self-banishment
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a word derived from
banishment.
Example Sentences
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Lord Arundel at parting earnestly dissuaded him from yielding to any temptation to a self-banishment, which assuredly he never contemplated.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
He would seek the count's presence, take upon himself the whole blame of his clandestine meeting with Rita, and appease her father's anger by informing him of his proposed self-banishment.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. by Various
I shall bear it in solitude and self-banishment.
From The Sign of Flame by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
Then followed General Scott's resignation, then his journey to Paris, and the self-banishment of Colonel Scott.
From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Alf Burnett
At present his self-banishment had been carried no farther than Vienna.
From The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
