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verb
Expel from a community or group.
synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracize, shun.
is a specific kind of: expel, kick out, throw out.
derivation: ostracism | barring, blackball | banishment, Coventry, ostracism.
Dutch: verbannen
Avoid speaking to or dealing with.
synonym: ostracize.
is a specific kind of: exclude, keep out, shut, shut out.
is a broader term that covers: boycott.
entailment: avoid.
derivation: ostracism | banishment, Coventry, ostracism.
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