banish
Send away permanently
To banish is to send someone away, typically as punishment or by official decree: The king banished the traitor from the realm.
The word implies forced departure with prohibition against return.
Figuratively, to banish something is to drive it out or dismiss it entirely: She tried to banish the thought from her mind, banish all doubt.
Deliberately keep away
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- blackballExclude by negative vote
- outcastShunned, rejected person
snub · cold-shoulder · alienate · marginalize · isolate · excommunicate · disfellowship · scapegoat
Banishment from homeland
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- deportExpel from a country
- expelRemove forcibly from membership
- outcastShunned, rejected person
refugee · deportation · expulsion · diaspora · fugitive · displacement · eviction · extradition
Remove forcibly from membership
- ejectThrow out forcibly
- oustRemove from position
- removeTake something away
- evictRemove from property legally
dismiss · throw out · cast out · drive away · force out · dispossess · dislodge · uproot
shun
Deliberately keep away
outcast · snub · cold-shoulder · alienate · marginalize · isolate · excommunicate · disfellowship · scapegoat · anathema
exile
Banishment from homeland
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- deportExpel from a country
- expelRemove forcibly from membership
outcast · refugee · deportation · expulsion · diaspora · fugitive · displacement · eviction · extradition · repatriation
expel
Remove forcibly from membership
evict · dismiss · throw out · cast out · drive away · force out · dispossess · dislodge · uproot · deracinate
dismiss
Send away or reject
eradicate · purge · expunge · rid · remove · quash · suppress · erase · extinguish · drive away
prohibit
Formally disallow
bar · interdict · veto · suppress · censor · embargo · taboo · contraband · illicit · verboten
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- dismissdismiss, brush off, brush aside, wave away, wave off
- spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
- root outroot out, flush out, ferret out, smoke out, weed out
- royal actionscoronation, decree, abdication, reign, knighting
- movement verbsgo, walk, run, move, walked
banishrecall
Memory retrieval act
readmit · repatriate · restore · reinstate · bring back