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internal exile

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noun

  1. a state of comparative isolation imposed upon certain political dissidents within the former Soviet Union, in which the subject was forced to live in a remote and often unfamiliar place and in which freedom of movement and personal contact with family, friends, and associates were severely restricted.

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The Twitters internet website was alive, on Tuesday, with opinion on HMP's demise.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2013

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