/ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/ · noun
The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual..
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Excommunication means The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual..
Common synonyms include disfellowshipment, excommunion, censure, exclusion.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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