banishing
Sending someone away
Banishing is the act of sending someone away, especially as punishment or by official decree.
Rulers banish subjects from the kingdom; a parent might banish a child to their room.
The word extends to driving out unwanted things: banishing negative thoughts, banishing doubts.
To banish something is to expel it decisively, often permanently.
Legal expulsion from country
- expatriationLeaving one's native country
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- evictionForced departure from rental
refugee · diaspora · exodus · outcast · fugitive · deportee · expellee · asylum
Removing dirt or toxins
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- exorcismRitual to expel demons
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- sanctifyMake officially holy
catharsis · lustration · ablution · renewal · decontaminate · eradicate · expunge · extirpate
Deliberately avoiding someone
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- alienateCause emotional distance
- blackballExclude by negative vote
- boycottOrganized economic protest
cold-shoulder · exclude · ignore · isolate · marginalize · pariah · reject · snub
Remove forcibly from membership
- evictRemove from property legally
- ejectThrow out forcibly
- oustRemove from position
- removeTake something away
displace · dislodge · repel · dismiss · discharge · ejection · termination · firing
Authoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- proclamationFormal public announcement
sanction · command · directive · proscription · interdiction · prohibition · revocation · annulment
deportation
Legal expulsion from country
- expatriationLeaving one's native country
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- displacementRemoval from usual location
eviction · refugee · diaspora · exodus · outcast · fugitive · deportee · expellee · asylum · sanctuary
cleansing
Removing dirt or toxins
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- exorcismRitual to expel demons
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
sanctify · catharsis · lustration · ablution · renewal · decontaminate · eradicate · expunge · extirpate · smudging
shunning
Deliberately avoiding someone
boycott · cold-shoulder · exclude · ignore · isolate · marginalize · pariah · reject · snub · stigmatize
expel
Remove forcibly from membership
remove · displace · dislodge · repel · dismiss · discharge · ejection · termination · firing · sacking
decree
Authoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
proclamation · sanction · command · directive · proscription · interdiction · prohibition · revocation · annulment · abrogation
- witchcraftwitch, spell, spellwork, witches, spells
- driving awayrepelling, forcing out, warding off, fending off, shooing
- demonologydemons, devil, Satan, Lucifer, Lilith
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- exorcismexorcism, exorcist, demon, possession, possessed
- Ghost Huntingghost hunting, haunting, apparition, EVP, spirit box
banishingreinstating
Returning to previous position
restoring · repatriating · readmitting · recalling · bringing back
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