ostracism
nounThe act of banishing or excluding.
nounBanishment or exclusion from a group; disgrace.
nounIn Athens and other cities of ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.
nounA political measure employed under restrictions of law among the ancient Athenians, by which citizens whose presence seemed embarrassing to the state were banished by public vote for a term of ten years, with leave to return to the enjoyment of their estates at the end of the period.
nounHence Banishment in general; expulsion; separation: as, social ostracism (banishment from good society).
nounBanishment by popular vote, — a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
nounBanishment; exclusion.
nounthe act of excluding someone from society by general consent