[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

banishment \ban"ishment\, n. cf. f. bannissement.
   the act of banishing, or the state of being banished.
   1913 webster

         he secured himself by the banishment of his enemies.
                                                  --johnson.
   1913 webster

         round the wide world in banishment we roam. --dryden.
   1913 webster

   syn: expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile;
        outlawry.
        1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

banishment
     n 1: the state of being banished or ostracized excluded from
          society by general consent; "the association should get
          rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of
          course, but by coventry" syn: ostracism, coventry
     2: rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing
        someone syn: proscription
see also:
ostracism coventry proscription 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "banishment":
   ban, blackball, blackballing, blacklist, boycott, boycottage,
   defrocking, degradation, demotion, depluming, deportation,
   deprivation, disbarment, disfellowship, displacement, displuming,
   exclusion, excommunication, exile, expatriation, expulsion,
   extradition, fugitation, ostracism, ostracization, outlawing,
   outlawry, proscription, relegation, rustication, stripping,
   transportation, unfrocking

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

banishment, crim. law. a punishment inflicted upon criminals, by compelling 
them to quit a city, place, or country, for, a specified period of time, or 
for life. vide 4 dall. 14. deportation; relegation. 

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