Synonyms: ostracism
Definition: the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
Similar words: ejection, riddance, exclusion, expulsion
Definition: the act of forcing out someone or something
Usage: the ejection of troublemakers by the police; the child's expulsion from school
Synonyms: banishment, ostracism, Coventry
Definition: the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
Usage: the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry
Similar words: exclusion
Definition: the state of being excluded