Category:Banishment

Ban"ish*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. bannissement.]

Defn: The act of banishing, or the state of being banished. He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. Johnson. Round the wide world in banishment we roam. Dryden.

Syn.

-- Expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile; outlawry.