banishment (banishment)

[ He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. Johnson, 2. The state of being banished; enforced absence; expulsion; ex exile, in either a legal or a general sense: as, banishment from thy presence is worse than death. Six frozen winters spent, Return with welcome home from banishment . Shak , Rich. II., 1. 8. Fields whose thrifty occupants abide As in a dear and chosen banishment , With every semblance of entire content. Words worth, Sonnets, iii. 21. IMG:content-1631.png:[blocks in formation]