banishment

English

Etymology

From banish +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbænɪʃmənt/, X-SAMPA: /"b{nISm@nt/
• Hyphenation: ban‧ish‧ment

Noun

banishment (plural banishments)

1. The act of banishing.

   The judge pronounced banishment upon the war criminal.

2. The state of being banished, exile.

   He has been in banishment from his home country for well over four years.

Synonyms

• exile

Translations

The act of banishing

• Bulgarian: прогонване (bg) (progonvane)
• Finnish: karkotus (fi)
• Hindi: निर्वासन (hi) (Nirvāsana)
• Hungarian: száműzés (hu)

• Maori: whakapakotanga (mi)
• Russian: изгнание (ru) (izgnánije) n, высылка (ru) (výsylka) f
• Spanish: exilio (es) m
• Turkish: sürgün (tr)

The state of being banished, exile

• Bulgarian: изгнание (bg) (izgnanie), заточение (bg) (zatočenie)
• Finnish: maanpako (fi)
• Hindi: देश निकाला (hi) (Deśa nikālā) m
• Hungarian: száműzetés (hu)

• Latin: ablēgātiō (la) f
• Maori: whakapakotanga (mi)
• Russian: изгнание (ru) (izgnánije) n, ссылка (ru) (ssýlka) f
• Spanish: exilio (es) m