banishment

From banish +‎ -ment.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbænɪʃmənt/

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• Hyphenation: ban‧ish‧ment

banishment (countable and uncountable, plural banishments)

1. The act of banishing.

   The judge pronounced banishment upon the war criminal.

2. The state of being banished, exile.

   He has been in banishment from his home country for well over four years.

   • 2006, James Fenton, Jerusalem:

     You are in error. / This is terror. / This is your banishment. This land is mine. / This is what you earn. / This is the Law of No Return. / This is the sour dough, this the sweet wine. / This is my history, this my race / And this unhappy man threw acid in my face.

• exile