Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun excommunication

2 senses of excommunication

Sense 1
excommunication, exclusion, censure -- (the state of being excommunicated)
       => rejection -- (the state of being rejected)

Sense 2
excommunication, excision -- (the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society)
       => banishment, proscription -- (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)