Definitions
To send someone away as punishment or remove something completely.
Word origin
From Middle English banishen, from Old French baniss-, extended stem of banir (“to proclaim, ban, banish”), of Germanic origin and Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“curse, forbid”). Compare French bannir. Doublet of ban.
Used in a sentence
“He was banished from the kingdom for his crimes.”
“The parsnip, stilton and chestnut combination may taste good, but it's not terribly decorative. In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table.”
“he never referreth any one unto vertue, religion, or conscience: as if they were all extinguished and banished the world […].”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Send away as punishment”6 letters
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