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exile
[ eg-zahyl, ek-sahyl ]
noun
- expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
- the fact or state of expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree:
She had to live in exile.
- a person banished from their native land.
- prolonged separation from one's country or home, such as by force of circumstances:
Many will suffer wartime exile.
- anyone separated from their country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances.
- the Exile, the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, 597–538 b.c.
exile
1/ ˈɛksaɪl; ɛɡˈzɪlɪk; ɛkˈsɪlɪk; ˈɛɡzaɪl /
noun
- a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's home or country; banishment
- the expulsion of a person from his native land by official decree
- a person banished or living away from his home or country; expatriate
verb
- to expel from home or country, esp by official decree as a punishment; banish
Exile
2/ ˈɛɡzaɪl; ˈɛksaɪl /
noun
- the Exileanother name for Babylonian captivity
Derived Forms
- exilic, adjective
Other Words From
- exil·a·ble adjective
- exil·er noun
- quasi-exiled adjective
- un·exiled adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of exile1
Example Sentences
A twinned, imagined narrative of a fictitious Fidel Castro and a Miami exile intent on assassinating him.
After Olympic boxer Guillermo Rigondeux defected, his family suffered a form of domestic exile.
Both the Republicans in Congress and the American-Cuban community in exile have been speaking out against the warming relations.
He was eventually allowed to leave, but he was forced to resign as ambassador and now lives in Washington, effectively in exile.
Instead of wallowing in comedy exile, Slate was earning a book deal.
The foster-child remained behind to share the hut of the political exile.
The exile and the maiden, in short, fell in love with each other, and they mutually vowed never to be parted but by force.
He accordingly betook himself to London, where he had social resources which would, perhaps, make exile endurable.
He never returned, but died in England on June 3, 1780, an unhappy and a homesick exile from the country which he loved.
The exile too, far from home and kindred smokes on as he muses of happier hours gone never to return.
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