banishment

English

Etymology

From banish +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbænɪʃmənt/
• Hyphenation: ban‧ish‧ment

Noun

banishment (countable and uncountable, 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

• Armenian: աքսորում (hy) (akʻsorum)
• Azerbaijani: sürgün
• Bashkir: һөргөн (hörgön)
• Bulgarian: прогонване (progonvane)
• Finnish: karkotus (fi)
• Hindi: निर्वासन (hi) (nirvāsan)
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• Hungarian: száműzés (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Malay: buang negeri
• Maori: whakapakotanga
• Russian: изгна́ние (ru) n (izgnánije), вы́сылка (ru) f (výsylka)
• Spanish: exilio (es) m
• Turkish: sürgün (tr)

The state of being banished, exile

• Armenian: աքսոր (hy) (akʻsor)
• Bashkir: һөргөн (hörgön)
• Bulgarian: изгнание (bg) (izgnanie), заточение (bg) (zatočenie)
• Finnish: maanpako (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐξορία f (exoría)

• Hindi: देश निकाला m (deś nikālā)
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• Hungarian: száműzetés (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Latin: exsilium n, ablēgātiō f
• Maori: whakapakonga
• Russian: изгна́ние (ru) n (izgnánije), ссы́лка (ru) f (ssýlka)
• Spanish: exilio (es) m