exiling

Variant of exile

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 exiled -·iled′, exiling -·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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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