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English to English noun
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the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) |  | Example: the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry
source: wordnet30
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the act of excluding someone from society by general consent | | source: wordnet30
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Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage. | | source: webster1913
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