banishment

Language

English

Etymology

From banish +‎ -mentCategory:English terms suffixed with -ment#BANISHMENT.

Pronunciation

(without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈbænɪʃmənt/Category:English 3-syllable words#BANISHMENTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BANISHMENT
- (æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛə̯nɪʃmənt/, /ˈbeə̯nɪʃmənt/Category:English 3-syllable words#BANISHMENT Category:English 3-syllable words#BANISHMENT Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BANISHMENT
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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Hyphenation: ban‧ish‧ment

Noun

banishment (countable and uncountable, plural banishments)Category:English lemmas#BANISHMENT Category:English nouns#BANISHMENT Category:English uncountable nouns#BANISHMENT Category:English countable nouns#BANISHMENT Category:English countable nouns#BANISHMENT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BANISHMENT Category:Pages with entries#BANISHMENT Category:Pages with 1 entry#BANISHMENT

The act of banishing.
The judge pronounced banishment upon the war criminal.Category:English terms with usage examples#BANISHMENT
The state of being banished, exile.
He has been in banishment from his home country for well over four years.Category:English terms with usage examples#BANISHMENT
- 2006, James Fenton, Jerusalem:
  You are in error. / This is terror. / This is your banishment. This land is mine. / This is what you earn. / This is the Law of No Return. / This is the sour dough, this the sweet wine. / This is my history, this my race / And this unhappy man threw acid in my face.
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Synonyms

exile

Translations

The act of banishing

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Armenian: աքսորում (hy) (akʻsorum)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BANISHMENT
Azerbaijani: sürgünCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BANISHMENT
Bashkir: һөргөн (hörgön)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#BANISHMENT
Bulgarian: прогонване (progonvane)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BANISHMENT
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流放 (zh) (liúfàng)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BANISHMENT, 流刑 (zh) (liúxíng)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BANISHMENT
Dutch: verbanning (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BANISHMENT
Finnish: karkotus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BANISHMENT
French: bannissement (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BANISHMENT
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ὑπερορισμός m (huperorismós)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BANISHMENT
Hindi: निर्वासन (hi) (nirvāsan)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BANISHMENT, देश-निकाला m (deś-nikālā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BANISHMENT
Hungarian: száműzés (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BANISHMENT
Indonesian: pembuangan (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BANISHMENT, pengucilanCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#BANISHMENT, pengusiran (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BANISHMENT
Japanese: 流刑 (ja) (ryūkei)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BANISHMENT
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mişextkirin (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BANISHMENT, sirgûn (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BANISHMENT
Malay: buang negeriCategory:Terms with Malay translations#BANISHMENT
Māori: whakapakotangaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BANISHMENT
Polish: banicja (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BANISHMENT, wygnanie (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BANISHMENT
Russian: изгна́ние (ru) n (izgnánije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BANISHMENT, вы́сылка (ru) f (výsylka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BANISHMENT
Spanish: exilio (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BANISHMENT
Turkish: sürgün (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BANISHMENT, ihraç (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BANISHMENT
Ottoman Turkish: اخراج (ihrâc)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#BANISHMENT

The state of being banished, exile

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Armenian: աքսոր (hy) (akʻsor)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BANISHMENT
Bashkir: һөргөн (hörgön)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#BANISHMENT
Bulgarian: изгнание (bg) (izgnanie)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BANISHMENT, заточение (bg) (zatočenie)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BANISHMENT
Dutch: ballingschap (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BANISHMENT
Finnish: maanpako (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BANISHMENT
French: banni (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BANISHMENT
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἐξορία f (exoría)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BANISHMENT
Hindi: देश-निकाला m (deś-nikālā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BANISHMENT
Hungarian: száműzetés (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BANISHMENT
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mişextî (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BANISHMENT, sirgûn (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BANISHMENT
Latin: exsilium nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BANISHMENT, ablēgātiō fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BANISHMENT
Macedonian: прогонство n (progonstvo)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BANISHMENT
Māori: whakapakongaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BANISHMENT
Polish: banicja (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BANISHMENT, wygnanie (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BANISHMENT
Russian: изгна́ние (ru) n (izgnánije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BANISHMENT, ссы́лка (ru) f (ssýlka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BANISHMENT
Spanish: exilio (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BANISHMENT

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