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externment

externment noun: exile; banishment, as a sentence for crime.

Noun

externment (plural externments)

  1. (India) Exile; banishment, as a sentence for crime.
    • The Court also observed that the East Punjab Public Safety Act, 1949, did not authorise the Provincial Government to order the externment from the Province of a person ordinarily residing in the Province, but only the outsiders.1953, The Indian Journal of Political Science, volumes 14-15, page 112
    • We should note an argument advanced in favour of externments for unlimited time.1967, The All-Pakistan Legal Decisions, Vol. 10, Part 4, p. 115

Forms of externment

pluralexternments

Origin of externment

From extern + -ment.

Questions about externment

What does externment mean?
Externment means exile; banishment, as a sentence for crime.
What part of speech is externment?
Externment is a noun.
What is the plural of externment?
The plural of externment is externments.

Words near externment in the dictionary

  1. externity
  2. externize
  3. externized
  4. externizes
  5. externizing
  6. externment
  7. externments
  8. externomedian
  9. externopyramidisation
  10. externopyramidization
  11. externs

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