banishment
noun/ˈbænɪʃmənt/
/ˈbænɪʃmənt/
[uncountable] (formal)- 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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