ostracism
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Ostracism was such a severe punishment that dissenters usually relented within 24 hours, paying whatever fine the elders demanded.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2016
Ostracism by some other faculty and a seemingly retaliatory rebuke from the administration.
From Forbes • May 27, 2015
Ostracism would have run the strong risk of him going down a route which was almost a prophecy of what happened to Terry Newton.
From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2011
For the peculiar form of banishment called Ostracism, see separate article.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
Ostracism in the nobler elements of the community is as characteristic of the Greek democracy as of the French.
From German Problems and Personalities by Saroléa, Charles
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