banishment
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Let’s say you were ordered deported and you now faced banishment from your country.
From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026
However, some viewers have speculated on social media that Hugo's surprise banishment might have prompted the the secret traitor's identity to be revealed earlier than expected.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026
Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
He eventually brokered a settlement, allowing Rose to voluntarily accept banishment for life in return for no further punishment.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2025
“Perhaps my wife won’t like London; then the sentence is banishment & degradation into indolent, idle fool.”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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