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exile Definition

ex·ile (ek′sīl′, eg′zīl′)

noun

  1. a prolonged living away from one's country, community, etc., usually enforced; banishment, sometimes self-imposed
  2. a person in exile
  3. the span of time in exile

Etymology: ME & OFr exil < L exilium < exul, an exile, one banished < ex-, out + IE base *al-, to wander aimlessly > Gr alaomai, I wander, am banished

transitive verb -·iled′, -·il′·ing

to force (someone) to leave his or her own country, community, etc.; banish

exile Idioms

in exile

  1. banished
  2. taking refuge a government in exile

the Exile

the period in the 6th cent. during which the Jews were held captive in Babylonia

exile Synonyms

exile

n.

  1. Banishment

    expulsion, deportation, expatriation, ostracism, displacement, transportation, proscription, separation; see also emigration.

  2. An outcast

    expatriate, stateless person, deportee; see emigrant, fugitive, refugee.

exile Synonyms

exile

v.

ostracize, banish, expatriate, cast out; see banish 1. See syn. study at banish.

exile Usage Examples

Object

  • royalist: During their years in Europe many exiled royalists acquired a taste for the buildings of Holland and France.
  • monarch: In the Second World War, London was home to the exiled monarchs of many occupied countries.
  • journalist: At the party is Philip Kaufman, a Pulitzer prize winning journalist exiled from the US in the McCarthy witchhunts.
  • revolutionary: Marx and Engels, along with many other exiled revolutionaries, decided to return to Germany once the revolution had broken out.
  • leader: In Zambia he moved in with his uncle, one of the exiled leaders of the South African freedom struggle.

Converse of object

  • enforce: Even worse was that we were expected to believe that his enforced exile would be English cricket's loss.
  • prefer: As Thomas Walker pointed out, the leaders of the Manchester Constitutional Society " preferred a voluntary exile to imprisonment.

Adjective modifier

  • self-imposed: He led Russia from its self-imposed exile to become one of the strongest national sides in Europe.
  • Cuban: Two days later five merchant ships carrying 1,400 Cuban exiles arrived at the Bay of Pigs.
  • Iraqi: I know, having spoken to many Iraqi exiles, of their wish to return home.
  • Chilean: The award was given to a representative group of those who had worked in solidarity with Chilean exiles in the UK.
  • Protestant: These were Protestant exiles in the 17th century from the land that became Northern Ireland in the 20th century.

Preposition: on

continent: James and Mary went into exile on the continent and had a daughter, Louise.

Noun used with modifier

tax: But while the tax exile may be welcome, the real wealth creators of Britain have suffered.

Preposition: in