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noun

1. a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

2. questioning a statement and demanding an explanation

e.g. his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy

3. a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

4. a call to engage in a contest or fight

5. a demanding or stimulating situation

e.g. they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power

noun

1. the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities

e.g. a man of experience
experience is the best teacher

2. the content of direct observation or participation in an event

e.g. he had a religious experience
he recalled the experience vividly

3. an event as apprehended

e.g. a surprising experience
that painful experience certainly got our attention

verb

1. drive away

e.g. banish bad thoughts
banish gloom

2. expel, as if by official decree

e.g. he was banished from his own country

Synonym: relegatebar

3. expel from a community or group

Synonym: banostracizeostraciseshuncast outblackball

4. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

Synonym: ban