Word: banishment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ban
ish
ment
Definition: The act of banishing; ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
Morphemes:
Affix: banish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: banir
Language: fro
Decoded: banir
Meaning: to proclaim, ban, banish
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.