The meaning of Ostracism

noun

The action of keeping away from or not doing something.

Usage examples:

One third of cancer deaths could be prevented by avoidance of smoking

noun

The practice of avoiding something

Usage examples:

Health insurance companies who have been showing very healthy profits have engaged in very serious …

noun

The punishment of being sent away from a country or other place.

Usage examples:

Adam and eve's banishment from the garden of eden

noun

The act of sending someone or something away from a place and not allowing them to come back

Usage examples:

Convention delegates faced banishment for having broken the rules., most area residents are very ha…

preposition

Except for; if not for.

Usage examples:

Barring accidents, we should win

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

verb

Reject (a candidate applying to become a member of a private club), typically by means of a secret ballot.

Usage examples:

Her husband was blackballed when he tried to join the country club

verb

Present participle of blackball

Usage examples:

He was initially blackballed because of a dispute he once had with a couple of the committee members.

verb

To vote against allowing someone to be a member of an organization or group

Usage examples:

He was initially blackballed because of a dispute he once had with a couple of the committee members.

verb

Put on a blacklist.

Usage examples:

Workers were blacklisted after being quoted in the newspaper

noun

A list of people or things that are regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and should be excluded or avoided.

Usage examples:

He was placed on a blacklist which meant he was unable to get credit

verb

Present participle of blacklist

Usage examples:

They were blacklisted because of their extreme views.

verb

Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.

Usage examples:

We will boycott all banks which take part in the loans scheme

noun

A punitive ban on relations with other bodies, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods.

Usage examples:

A boycott of the negotiations

noun

An unfriendly attitude shown to someone or something, especially by intentionally ignoring or showing no interest in them

Usage examples:

His wife was angry and giving him the cold shoulder., the young entrepreneur got a cold shoulder fr…

noun

Exclusion from fellowship, especially as a form of discipline in some protestant and latter-day saints (mormon) churches.

Usage examples:

If he presented our disfellowship as a vote of confidence in him, they did not see any option but t…

verb

Exclusion from fellowship, especially as a form of discipline in some protestant and mormon churches.

prefix

Variant spelling of ex-1 (as in elect, emit ).

prefix

Denoting something in electronic form, especially the use of electronic data transfer for information exchange and financial transactions via the internet.

Usage examples:

E-cash

noun

The fifth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

In o level about half of those entered obtained d or e grades

noun

The process of excluding or the state of being excluded.

Usage examples:

He had a hand in my exclusion from the committee

noun

An event or situation that is not included in an insurance agreement as something for which the insurance company will pay money

Usage examples:

Many insurance policies are full of exclusions, meaning insurers can legitimately turn claims down.…

noun

The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

Usage examples:

He knew now that he would die in exile

verb

Expel and bar (someone) from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

Usage examples:

A corrupt dictator who had been exiled from his country

noun

The action of forcing someone to leave an organization.

Usage examples:

His expulsion from the union

noun

The act of forcing someone, or of being forced, to leave somewhere

Usage examples:

The government ordered the expulsion of foreign journalists.

noun

The dismissing or refusing of a proposal, idea, etc.

Usage examples:

The union decided last night to recommend rejection of the offer

noun

The act or process of rejecting someone or something

Usage examples:

[ u ] fear of rejection, [ c ] i applied for ten jobs and got ten rejections.

noun

The act of refusing to accept an idea, suggestion, proposal, etc.

Usage examples:

The company's rejection of the proposal came as a total surprise., i've applied for loads of jobs a…

noun

Rejection of a proposal or idea.

Usage examples:

The repudiation of reformist policies

verb

Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.

Usage examples:

He shunned fashionable society

Present participle of shun

verb

Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully.

Usage examples:

He snubbed faculty members and students alike

noun

An act of rebuffing or ignoring someone or something.

Usage examples:

The move was a snub to the government

adjective

(of a person's nose) short and turned up at the end.

Usage examples:

Snub-nosed

verb

Reject with disdain or contempt.

Usage examples:

He spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned

noun

An act of spurning.

Usage examples:

It is a spurn of god's sovereignty, and a slight of his goodness

verb

Present participle of spurn

Usage examples:

She spurned my offers of help., ellis plays the part of the young lover spurned by his mistress.