- 1. n. Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage. Source: opted
- 2. n. Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism. Source: opted
- 3. n. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) Source: wordnet
- 4. n. the act of excluding someone from society by general consent Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. (Gr. Antiq.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage. 2. Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism. Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men when they grow too great. Bacon. Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country. A. Hamilton. Source: webster
- 6. Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to ridthe city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage. Source: adambom
- 7. n:100 n. the act of excluding someone from society by general consent Source: ecdict
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