exile
Americannoun
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expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
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the fact or state of expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
She had to live in exile.
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a person banished from their native land.
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prolonged separation from one's country or home, such as by force of circumstances.
Many will suffer wartime exile.
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anyone separated from their country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances.
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the Exile, the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, 597–538 b.c.
noun
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a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's home or country; banishment
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the expulsion of a person from his native land by official decree
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a person banished or living away from his home or country; expatriate
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
- exilable adjective
- exiler noun
- exilic adjective
- quasi-exiled adjective
- unexiled adjective
Etymology
Origin of exile
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English exil “banishment,” from Latin ex(s)ilium, equivalent to exsul “banished person” + -ium -ium
Example Sentences
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Within days, Assad and his family were flying into exile in Moscow.
From BBC
Orsoni, 71, who had been living in exile for years in Nicaragua, was a well-known figure in Corsica.
From BBC
"The president has a decision to make fairly soon," Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last monarch, told CBS News.
From BBC
Many people appear to have joined the protests on Thursday and Friday after calls from Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah of Iran who was overthrown in the 1979 Islamic revolution.
From BBC
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the ousted shah, who has played a prominent role in calling for the protests, called for new actions later Sunday.
From Barron's
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