banishment
pronunciation
How to pronounce banishment in British English:
UK [ˈbænɪʃmənt]
How to pronounce banishment in American English:
US [ˈbænɪʃmənt]
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- Noun:
- the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
- rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
Word Origin
- banishment (n.)
- c. 1500, from banish + -ment.
Example
- 1. Silence is a form of emotional banishment .
- 2. With trotsky 's banishment in 1929 , stalin 's grasp on power became unquestioned .
- 3. After years of isolation and banishment from many arab countries , its leaders are again being courted by governments in the region .
- 4. On the other hand , life under communism was fraught with so many dangers and difficulties that banishment to a provincial town was hardly a tragedy .
- 5. Other malaysian laws on the way out include the banishment act of 1959 , which allows non-citizens to be expelled , and the emergency ordinance , introduced in 1969 after race riots .