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ostracism

English

  1. 🔊 the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
  2. 🔊 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”

Similar words

banishment coventry ban banishment blackball blackballing blacklist boycott boycottage clearance complaint defrocking degradation demotion depluming deportation deprivation detachment dim view disagreement disappointment disapprobation disapproval disbarment