ban´ish|ment

ban´ish|ment
ban|ish «BAN ihsh», transitive verb.
1. to condemn (a person) to leave a country; exile: »

England once banished many criminals to Australia.

2. to force to go away; drive away; expel: »

The children banished him from their game because he always cheated.

SYNONYM(S): dismiss.
╂[< Old French baniss-, stem of banir proclaim, banish < Frankish (compare Gothic bandwjan give a sign)]
–ban´ish|er, noun.
–ban´ish|ment, noun.
Synonym Study 1 Banish, exile, deport mean cause to leave a country. Banish means to force a person, by order of authority, to leave his own or a foreign country, permanently or for a stated time: »

Napoleon was banished to Elba.

Exile means either to compel another to leave his own country or home or voluntarily to remove oneself from either for a protracted period: »

The man exiled himself abroad because of his dissatisfaction with the government.

Deport usually means to banish a person from a country of which he is not a citizen: »

Aliens who have entered the United States illegally may be deported.


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