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banishment collapse: rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone; the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"

transportation collapse: the act of moving something from one location to another; the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

lockout collapse: a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms

ostracism collapse: the act of excluding someone from society by general consent

narrowing collapse: the act of making something narrower; an instance of becoming narrow; a decrease in width

prohibition collapse: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"; a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"; a decree that prohibits something; refusal to approve or assent to; the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment

extradition collapse: the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)

embargo collapse: a government order imposing a trade barrier; prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya"; ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"

jettison collapse: throw as from an airplane; throw away, of something encumbering

boycott collapse: a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies; refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

restriction collapse: the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"

injunction collapse: (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"; a formal command or admonition

taboo collapse: an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature; forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands; declare as sacred and forbidden

disposal collapse: the act or means of getting rid of something; a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage; the power to use something or someone; "used all the resources at his disposal"

repudiation collapse: the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful"; refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city"; rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"

displacement collapse: act of removing from office or employment; to move something from its natural environment; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one; (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

exile collapse: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"; expelled from home or country by authority; voluntarily absent from home or country

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