coventry Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
   ostracism; banishment.
   
   • the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry
2. noun 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
   

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