banishment

Etymology

From banish + -ment.

noun

  1. The act of banishing.
    The judge pronounced banishment upon the war criminal.
  2. The state of being banished, exile.
    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. 2006, James Fenton, Jerusalem
    He has been in banishment from his home country for well over four years.

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