BANISHMENT Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word banishment. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BANISHMENT
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exile | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country • a person who is expelled from home or country by authority • the act of expelling a person from their native land verb • expel from a country | ||||||||
ostracism | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) • the act of excluding someone from society by general consent | ||||||||
deportation | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of expelling a person from their native land • the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien | ||||||||
displacement | nounn | |||||||
noun • act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics • an event in which something is displaced without rotation • the act of uniform movement • (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one • to move something from its natural environment • act of removing from office or employment | ||||||||
eviction | nounn | |||||||
noun • action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved • the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law | ||||||||
expulsion | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of forcing out someone or something • squeezing out by applying pressure • the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | ||||||||
coventry | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) • an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century | ||||||||
proscription | nounn | |||||||
noun • a decree that prohibits something • rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |