banishment

From banish +‎ -ment.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbænɪʃmənt/
• Hyphenation: ban‧ish‧ment

banishment (countable and uncountable, plural banishments)

1. The act of banishing.

   The judge pronounced banishment upon the war criminal.

2. The state of being banished, exile.
   • 2006, James Fenton, Jerusalem:

     You are in error. / This is terror. / This is your banishment. This land is mine. / This is what you earn. / This is the Law of No Return. / This is the sour dough, this the sweet wine. / This is my history, this my race / And this unhappy man threw acid in my face.

   He has been in banishment from his home country for well over four years.

• exile