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externments

externments is the plural of externment.

Meaning of externment

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

Questions about externments

What is externments the plural of?
Externments is the plural of externment.

Words near externments in the dictionary

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

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