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banishment

N การ เนรเทศ seclusion kan-nea-ra-thed

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BANISHMENT

n.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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BANISHMENT

Ban "ish *ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. bannissement. ]

Defn: 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.