transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈba-nish ]
transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French baniss-, stem of banir, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bannan to command — more at ban
Date: 14th century
1. : to require by authority to leave a country
2. : to drive out or remove from a home or place of usual resort or continuance
3. : to clear away : dispel
his discovery banish es anxiety — Stringfellow Barr
• ban·ish·er noun
• ban·ish·ment -nish-mənt noun
Synonyms:
banish , exile , deport , transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own
banished for seditious activities
exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country
a writer who exiled himself for political reasons
deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare
illegal aliens will be deported
transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony
a convict who was transported to Australia