definition of
banishment

[1] #1 banishment n. [ostracism, Coventry] the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry". wn

[2] #2 banishment n. [proscription] rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone. wn