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Coventry

A town in the county of Warwick, England.

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Exclusion 76% connected

The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of bein…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ostracize 74% connected

To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ostracize 74% connected

To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shun 74% connected

To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shun 74% connected

To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Banishment 92% connected

The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ostracism 92% connected

Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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