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Webster 1913 Edition

Banishment

Ban′ish-ment

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
bannissement
.]
The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.
He secured himself by the
banishment
of his enemies.
Johnson.
Round the wide world in
banishment
we roam.
Dryden.
Syn. – Expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile; outlawry.

Webster 1828 Edition

Banishment

BAN'ISHMENT

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Noun.
The act of a prince or government, compelling a citizen to leave his country, either for a limited time or forever, as for some crime.
2.
A voluntary forsaking of one's country upon oath, called abjuration. [This practice has now ceased in G.Britain.]
3.
The state of being banished; exile.
4.
The act of driving away or dispelling; as the banishment of care from the mind.

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