| Banish 1. (v. t.) To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power. 2. (v. t.) To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of. 3. (v. t.) To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel. Thesaurus Entries ban, blackball, blacklist, boycott, bump, can, cashier, cast out, cut, debar, deport, discharge, disfellowship, dismiss, displace, drive away, drive out, eject, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite, fire, fugitate, lag, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, put out, reject, relegate, run out, rusticate, sack, send away, send down, send to Coventry, shut out, snub, spurn, thrust out, transport, turn out |