Both Uses
ostracize
in
The Grapes of Wrath
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- And with the laws, the punishments--and there were only two--a quick and murderous fight or ostracism;
Chpt 17 *ostracism = to exclude someone from a community or group
- And with the laws, the punishments—and there were only two—a quick and murderous fight or ostracism; and ostracism was the worst.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(ostracize) exclude someone from a community or group
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)