English to English
noun
- the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
The association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
source: WordNet 3.0
- Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
source: Webster 1913