EXCOMMUNICATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society

Synonyms:

excision; excommunication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("excommunication" is a kind of...):

banishment; proscription (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)

Derivation:

excommunicate (exclude from a church or a religious community)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of being excommunicated

Synonyms:

censure; exclusion; excommunication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("excommunication" is a kind of...):

rejection (the state of being rejected)