Exile Definition
ĕgzīl, ĕksīl
exiled, exiles, exiling
noun
exiles
The condition or period of being forced to live away from one's native country or home, especially as a punishment.
American Heritage
A person in exile.
Webster's New World
A prolonged living away from one's country, community, etc., usually enforced; banishment, sometimes self-imposed.
Webster's New World
The condition or period of self-imposed absence from one's country or home.
A writer living in exile in protest.
American Heritage
The span of time in exile.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- out-migration
- remigration
- unperson
- expat
- expatriate
- deportee
- transportation
- expatriation
- deportation
- relegation
- fugitivity
- proscription
- banishment
- ostracism
- stateless person
verb
exiled, exiles, exiling
To send into exile; banish.
The royal family was exiled after the uprising.
American Heritage
To force (someone) to leave his or her own country, community, etc.; banish.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
idiom
in exile
- banished
- taking refuge
a government in exile
Webster's New World
the Exile
- the period in the 6th cent. b.c. during which the Jews were held captive in Babylonia
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Exile
- in exile
- the Exile
Origin of Exile
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Middle English exil, from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English exil from Old French from Latin exilium from exul, exsul exiled person, wanderer
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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