noun
1. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
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the association should get rid of its elderly members—not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry
• Syn: ↑banishment, ↑Coventry
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ostracize, ↑ostracise, ↑banish (for: ↑banishment)
• Hypernyms: ↑exclusion
2. the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
Useful english dictionary. 2012.