nnoun.statethe state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)Synset:Coventry ostracism
Examples:- the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry
Derivationally Related Form:ostracizebanishostracise
Hypernyms:exclusion
Inherited Hypernyms:banishmentexclusionsituationstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.actrejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someoneSynset:proscription
Derivationally Related Form:banishproscribe
Hypernyms:rejection
Inherited Hypernyms:banishmentrejectionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:anathematisationanathematizationdeportationdisbarmentejectionexcisionexclusionexcommunicationexileexpatriationexpulsionrelegationriddancerusticationtransportation
Full Hyponyms:anathematizationbarringdefenestrationdeportationdepositiondisbarmentejectionexcommunicationexileostracismousterrelegationrustication