Definitions for banish

Definitions for (verb) banish

Main entry: banish

Definition: drive away

Usage: banish bad thoughts; banish gloom


Main entry: relegate, banish, bar

Definition: expel, as if by official decree

Usage: he was banished from his own country


Main entry: ban, banish, blackball, shun, cast out, ostracise, ostracize

Definition: expel from a community or group


Main entry: ban, banish

Definition: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment


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