banishment

/'bæniʃmənt/

Thân thiện

The king declared banishment for the traitor from the kingdom.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of forcing someone to leave a place, especially as an official punishment: This refers to the formal process of expelling someone from a country, city, or community.
   • The state of being forced to live away from such a place: This describes the condition of living in exile after being banished.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The king ordered the banishment of the traitor from the kingdom.
  • After his banishment, he lived in a remote village, longing for home.

Advanced Usage

• "Internal banishment": Being forced to leave a specific area but remain within the country's borders.
  • The dissident faced internal banishment to a remote province.
• "Self-imposed banishment": Choosing to exile oneself, often due to shame or political pressure.
  • Following the scandal, the minister went into self-imposed banishment.

Variants and Related Words

• Banish (verb): To send someone away, especially from a country, as an official punishment.
  • The court decided to banish the criminal.
• Banisher (noun): A person who banishes someone.
  • The banisher showed no mercy.

Synonyms

• Exile: The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.
• Expulsion: The action of forcing someone to leave an organization or place.
• Ostracism: Exclusion from a society or group.

Related Phrases

• "Sent into banishment": Formally condemned to exile.
  • The rebel leader was sent into banishment.
• "Return from banishment": To come back after a period of exile.
  • The poet celebrated his return from banishment.

Related Idioms

• "To be sent to Coventry": To be ostracized or ignored by a group, a form of social banishment. (Note: This idiom is listed as a related concept, not a direct meaning of "banishment").
  • After betraying the team's secret, he was sent to Coventry by his colleagues.

Học thuật

Noun

1. rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
2. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
   • the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry

Từ đồng nghĩa

• proscription
• ostracism
• Coventry