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- Dictionaryexile/ˈɛkzʌɪl/
noun
- 1. the state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons: "he knew now that he would die in exile" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. expel and bar (someone) from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons: "a corrupt dictator who had been exiled from his country"
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EXILE definition: 1. the condition of someone being sent or kept away from their own country, village, etc…. Learn more.
Exile definition: expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.. See examples of EXILE used in a sentence.
exile: [noun] the state or a period of forced absence from one's country or home. the state or a period of voluntary absence from one's country or home.
[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 ; in exile from… Dante died in exile from Florence.
exile: 1 n the act of expelling a person from their native land “men in exile dream of hope” Synonyms: deportation , expatriation , transportation Examples: Babylonian Captivity the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC Type of: banishment , proscription rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing ...
5 meanings: 1. a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's home or country; banishment 2. the expulsion of a person from.... Click for more definitions.
EXILE definition: 1. a situation in which someone has to leave their home and live in another country, often for…. Learn more.
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. tr.v. ex·iled, ex·il·ing, ex·iles. To send into exile; banish: The royal family was exiled after the uprising.
Exile definition: One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence.
Britannica Dictionary definition of EXILE. [+ object] : to force (someone) to go to live in a distant place or foreign country : to force (someone) into exile — usually used as (be) exiled. The President was exiled by military rulers soon after the coup. an exiled writer.
