banishment
Syllables: ban·ish·ment/ˈbænɪʃmənt/
banishment noun: the act of banishing.
Noun
banishment (countable and uncountable, plural banishments)
- The act of banishing.
- The judge pronounced banishment upon the war criminal.
- The state of being banished, exile.
- He has been in banishment from his home country for well over four years.
- You are in error. / This is terror. / This is your banishment. This land is mine. / This is what you earn. / This is the Law of No Return. / This is the sour dough, this the sweet wine. / This is my history, this my race / And this unhappy man threw acid in my face.2006, James Fenton, Jerusalem
banishment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
banishment in Hindi
- The act of banishing
- निर्वासन nirvāsan, देश-निकाला deś-nikālā
- The state of being banished, exile
- देश-निकाला deś-nikālā
banishment in Tamil
- தூரத்தல், நாடு கடத்தல்
banishment in Urdu
- بن باس, دیس نکالا, جلاوطنی
banishment in Malayalam
- രാജ്യഭ്രഷ്ട്, നാടുകടത്തൽ
More languagesFewer languages
- banishment in Kannada
- ಉಚ್ಚಾಟನೆ
- banishment in Malay
- buang negeri
- banishment in Indonesian
- pembuangan, pengucilan, pengusiran
Synonyms of banishment
Forms of banishment
| plural | banishments |
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Origin of banishment
From banish + -ment.
Questions about banishment
- What does banishment mean?
- Banishment means the act of banishing.
- What is banishment in Hindi?
- Banishment in Hindi is निर्वासन (nirvāsan), देश-निकाला (deś-nikālā). See Banishment meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is banishment?
- Banishment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce banishment?
- Banishment is pronounced /ˈbænɪʃmənt/.
- What is the plural of banishment?
- The plural of banishment is banishments.
Words near banishment in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: banishment (page history and authors); banishment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); banishment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); banishment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); banishment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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