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self-exile
[ self-eg-zahyl, -ek-sahyl, self- ]
noun
- a state of exile imposed by oneself.
- a person who lives voluntarily as an exile.
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Other Words From
- self-exiled adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of self-exile1
First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences
A homeless self-exile, playing at lonely twilights on flute and violin the loved airs of rejected Scotland.
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His four years' self-exile in Europe, I am told, was a humiliating banishment from the loyal and patriotic.
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So, it is difficult for me to understand why you speak of Abraham as "a self-exile for conscience sake."
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And Shakespeare had oft-times felt this anxiety during the time his self-exile lasted.
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The Archduke John espoused the popular side, and the result was the self-exile of the Prince.
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