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banishing Definition


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banish
verb banished, banishing
    1. To send someone away from a place, usually from the country they were born in.
      Thesaurus: expel, evict, expatriate, ostracize, excommunicate, deport, extradite, sequester, exile, proscribe; Antonym: receive, welcome.
    2. To put (thoughts, etc) out of one's mind.
Derivative: banishment
noun
    The act or an instance of banishing someone.
Etymology: 14c: from French bannir.



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