self-exile

[ self-eg-zahyl, -ek-sahyl, self- ]

noun

1. a state of exile imposed by oneself.
2. a person who lives voluntarily as an exile.

Other Words From

• self-exiled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-exile¹

First recorded in 1820–30

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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