banishment
Ordered to leave
Banishment is the act of being sent away from a place, typically as punishment.
A king might order the banishment of a traitor from the realm.
The word carries a formal, often historical tone: His banishment from court lasted seven years.
Figuratively, banishment can describe any forced exclusion: the banishment of doubt from her mind.
Legal expulsion from country
- evictionForced departure from rental
- ejectionForced removal from somewhere
- removalAct of taking away
- oustingForcible removal from position
dismissal · purge · excommunication · proscription · relegation · extradition · expatriation · dislodgment
Banishment from homeland
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- deporteePerson forcibly removed abroad
outcast · displaced · stateless · wanderer · emigrant · fugitive · pariah · persona non grata
Emotional separation between people
- alienationState of being isolated
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disconnectionState of being severed
isolation · removal · uprooting · deracination · disaffiliation · rupture · breach · rift
Formal barring from sacraments
Deliberately avoiding someone
- blackballingGroup exclusion practice
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
- cold-shoulderingPointedly ignoring someone
rejection · marginalization · ignoring · social death · disfavor · disownment · blacklisting · exclusion
Moving people or goods
- penal colonyDistant settlement for exiled criminals
- SiberiaRussia's eastern expanse
- gulagForced labor prison system
- Tower of LondonMedieval riverside fortress
Botany Bay · Devil's Island · exodus · diaspora · Trail of Tears · ethnic cleansing · forced migration · colonization
Complete thought, grammatically
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
judgment · verdict · transportation · penal colony · hard labor · correction · deterrence · discipline
deportation
Legal expulsion from country
ousting · dismissal · purge · excommunication · proscription · relegation · extradition · expatriation · dislodgment · clearance
exile
Banishment from homeland
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
deportee · outcast · displaced · stateless · wanderer · emigrant · fugitive · pariah · persona non grata · alien
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- alienationState of being isolated
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
disconnection · isolation · removal · uprooting · deracination · disaffiliation · rupture · breach · rift · sundering
excommunication
Formal barring from sacraments
shunning
Deliberately avoiding someone
- blackballingGroup exclusion practice
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
cold-shouldering · rejection · marginalization · ignoring · social death · disfavor · disownment · blacklisting · exclusion · avoidance
transportation
Moving people or goods
- penal colonyDistant settlement for exiled criminals
- SiberiaRussia's eastern expanse
- gulagForced labor prison system
Tower of London · Botany Bay · Devil's Island · exodus · diaspora · Trail of Tears · ethnic cleansing · forced migration · colonization · resettlement
sentence
Complete thought, grammatically
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
sanction · judgment · verdict · transportation · penal colony · hard labor · correction · deterrence · discipline · castigation
- excommunicationexpulsion, casting out, anathema, disfellowship, cutting off
- legal archaismsattainder, escheat, outlawry, livery of seisin, trial by ordeal
- Norse lawthing, lawman, lawmen, outlawry, blood feud
- confinementcell, cage, prison, jail, imprisonment
- disfavordisapproval, dislike, disdain, contempt, scorn
- estrangementrift, alienation, disconnection, distance, disaffection
banishmentwelcome
Hospitable greeting offered
admission · inclusion · admittance · acceptance · welcoming
banishmentreturn
Go back again
recall · repatriation · reinstatement · homecoming · restoration
banishmentenshrinement
Formal preservation as sacred
coronation · elevation · enthronement · celebration · commendation