Synonyms of banishment

banishment

noun

as in expulsion

the forced removal from a homeland

when Romeo learns he has been sentenced to banishment, he claims it is worse than death because he will be separated from Juliet forever

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expulsion
• deportation
• exile
• displacement
• migration
• emigration
• dispersion
• expatriation
• relegation
• evacuation
• extradition
• diaspora
• ostracism
• ejection
• transportation
• scattering
• ouster
• dispossession

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• return
• arrival
• repatriation
• immigration
• entry

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of banishment

Sore from the torment of her family’s banishment, Espinoza feels the pulse of current events. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

The appeals court ruled in September 2025 that Mid Vermont Christian must be allowed to participate in state athletics, after two years of banishment had passed. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026

Like there was a demon in his lungs, fighting the last bit of banishment. — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026

Remember, this is Augusta National, where the surreptitious use of a cellphone is grounds for immediate banishment. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2026

Jamie requests an audience with the families and revokes their letters of banishment. — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026

But how Andrew’s de facto banishment would affect his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, wasn’t known. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2026

Both view the Lebanese government as still completely incapable of disarming Hezbollah, though both were shocked at the new assertiveness of Beirut as seen by Tuesday’s banishment of Iran’s ambassador. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2026

This season, with two Housewives as Traitors, Gamers Ian Terry, Rob Cesternino, and Yam Yam Arocho were three of the first five murdered, with Tiffany Mitchell an early banishment. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026