Dictionary Check: banishment

"banishment" is a valid word!

Scrabble 17 points
Words with Friends 20 points

Definition

noun

the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)

Example: "the association should get rid of its elderly members — not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
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noun

rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

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