Dictionary entry

Banishment

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ban″ish‐ment (�), n. [Cf. F. bannissement.] The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies.

Johnson.

Round the wide world in banishment we roam.

Dryden.

Syn. — Expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile; outlawry.