coventry
(noun)
noun
1. 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
Similar word(s): banishment, ostracism
Definition categories: state, exclusion
2. an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century
Definition categories: location
Sentences with coventry as a noun:
- Joe received Coventry from his colleagues after telling the sexist joke.