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- Dictionaryexiled/ˈɛɡzʌɪld/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) having been expelled and barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons: "supporters of the exiled king"
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to send or keep someone away from his or her own country or home, esp. for political reasons. exile. noun [ C/U ] us / ˈeɡ·zɑɪl, ˈek·sɑɪl / the condition being exiled, or a person who is exiled:
EXILED definition: 1. sent away from your own country, town, etc., especially for political reasons: 2. sent away…. Learn more.
The meaning of EXILE is the state or a period of forced absence from one's country or home. How to use exile in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Exile.
If you say that someone has been exiled from a particular place or situation, you mean that they have been sent away from it or removed from it against their will. He has been exiled from the first team and forced to play in third team matches.
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.
1. a. The condition or period of being forced to live away from one's native country or home, especially as a punishment. b. The condition or period of self-imposed absence from one's country or home: a writer living in exile in protest. 2. One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence.
verb. /ˈeksaɪl/, /ˈeɡzaɪl/ [usually passive] Verb Forms. to force somebody to leave their country, especially for political reasons or as a punishment; to send somebody into exile. be exiled (from…) (to…) He was exiled to Siberia. the party’s exiled leaders. Extra Examples. Topics Crime and punishment c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
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.
noun. /ˈeksaɪl/, /ˈeɡzaɪl/ [uncountable, singular] the state of being sent to live in another country that is not your own, especially for political reasons or as a punishment. a place of exile. He returned after 40 years of exile. in exile He has lived in exile since 1989. into exile The whole family went into exile. to be forced/sent into exile.
If you are exiled from a place, you must leave and not return. Such punishment is called exile. For example, after he was removed from power, Napoleon lived in exile on the island of Elba. The verb exile comes from the Old French word essillier, meaning “banish, expel, or drive off.”.
