Definition of banish

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Banish (v. t.) To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power..

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Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
Dispel :: Dispel (v. t.) To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions..
Expatriation :: Expatriation (n.) The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance..
Dister :: Dister (v. t.) To banish or drive from a country.
Abjuration :: Abjuration (n.) The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return..
Expatriate :: Expatriate (v. t.) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
Ostracize :: Ostracize (v. t.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens..
Banishment :: Banishment (n.) The act of banishing, or the state of being banished..
Ostracism :: Ostracism (n.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage..
Exilic :: Exilic (a.) Pertaining to exile or banishment, esp. to that of the Jews in Babylon..
Banish :: Banish (v. t.) To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.
Deport :: Deport (v. t.) To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.
Banished :: Banished (imp. & p. p.) of Banis.
Relegate :: Relegate (v. t.) To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish..
Esloin :: Esloin (v. t.) To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign.
Self-banished :: Self-banished (a.) Exiled voluntarily.
Ostracism :: Ostracism (n.) Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism..
Rusticate :: Rusticate (v. t.) To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
Petalism :: Petalism (n.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.
Transport :: Transport (v. t.) To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish..
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