Definition of "banishment"

banishment

/ˈbænɪʃmənt/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural banishments
1. The act of banishing.
2. The state of being banished, exile.
  Quotations
  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.
  2006, James Fenton, Jerusalem