English > banishment: 2 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone. |
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| Synonym | proscription |
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| Narrower | anathematization, anathematisation | The formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed |
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| disbarment | The act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law |
| ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance | The act of forcing out someone or something |
| excommunication, excision | The act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church |
| exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation | The act of expelling a person from their native land |
| relegation | mild banishment |
| rustication | banishment into the country |
| Broader | rejection | The act of rejecting something |
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| Spanish | destierro, exilio, proscripción |
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| Catalan | bandeig, desterrament, proscripció |
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| Verbs | banish | expel, as if by official decree |
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