BAN'ISHMENT, noun The act of a prince or government, compelling a citizen to leave his country, either for a limited time or forever, as for some crime. 2. A voluntary forsaking of one's country upon oath, called abjuration. [This practice has now ceased in G.Britain.] 3. The state of being banished; exile. 4. The act of driving away or dispelling; as the banishment of care from the mind.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI