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Definition of banishment noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

banishment

noun

/ˈbænɪʃmənt/

/ˈbænɪʃmənt/

[uncountable] (formal)

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the punishment of being sent away from a place, especially from a country
- a life of banishment in an alien country
- Lady Montague dies of grief at Romeo’s banishment.
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