Banishment synonyms

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exile (related)
Someone who is banished from one's home or country.
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ostracism
(Historical) In ancient Athens (some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. [from 16th c.]
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expatriation
Voluntary migration from one's native land to another
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expulsion
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
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extradition
The surrender of an individual by one nation or state to another nation or state where that individual is sought for trial or punishment for the commission of a crime.
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deportation
The act or an instance of deporting.
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excommunication (related)
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thraldom (related)
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servitude (related)
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apostasy (related)
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usurpation (related)
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outlawry (related)
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proscription
The act of proscribing; prohibition.
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coventry
Banishment.
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accept (related)
Enforced removal from one's native country by official decree
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transportation
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
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reward (related)
A consequence that happens to someone as a result of worthy or unworthy behavior:
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  • They were sentenced to banishment in Staten Island at the pleasure of the federal government.

  • Tostig's banishment led to the invasion of Harold Hardrada, king of Norway, and the battle of Stamford Bridge, in which both perished.

  • During the three years of his banishment Calvin was at Strassburg, where he had been carrying out his ideas.

  • A colony with Latin rights was founded on Pontiae in 313 B.C. Nero, Germanicus's eldest son, and the sisters of Caligula, were confined upon it; while Pandateria was the place of banishment of Julia, daughter of Augustus, of her daughter Agrippina the elder, and of Octavia, the divorced wife of Nero.

  • One of these myths is the famous story of Ishtar's descent to Irkalla or Aralu, as the lower world was called, and her reception by her sister who presides over it; the other is the story of Nergal's offence against Ereshkigal, his banishment to the kingdom controlled by the goddess and the reconciliation between Nergal and Ereshkigal through the latter's offer to have Nergal share the honours of the rule over Irkalla.

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