Associations to the word «Banish»

Wiktionary

BANISH, verb. (heading) To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
BANISH, verb. (with simple direct object)
BANISH, verb. (with from)
BANISH, verb. (dated) (with out of)
BANISH, verb. (archaic) (with two simple objects (person and place))
BANISH, verb. To expel, especially from the mind.

Dictionary definition

BANISH, verb. Expel from a community or group.
BANISH, verb. Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment.
BANISH, verb. Expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country".
BANISH, verb. Drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca