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Exile Common

Exile has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

"American expatriates"

2

a person who is expelled from home or country by authority

"The political dissident lived in exile for twenty years before being allowed to return home."

3

the act of expelling a person from their native land

"men in exile dream of hope"

"his deportation to a penal colony"

"the expatriation of wealthy farmers"

"the sentence was one of transportation for life"

4

The state of being banished from one's home or country.

"After his treasonous acts, the king sentenced the general to exile in a distant land far from his homeland."

In plain English: Exile is when someone is forced to live far away from their home country because they are not allowed to stay there anymore.

"After his trial, the general lived in exile far from his home country for many years."

Usage: Exile refers to the condition of living outside your native land, often as punishment rather than by choice. Use this noun when describing a person's forced displacement, distinguishing it from voluntary emigration where no penalty is involved.

Verb
1

expel from a country

"The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"

2

To send into exile.

"The king ordered his rebellious general to be exiled from the kingdom forever."

Example Sentences
"After his trial, the general lived in exile far from his home country for many years." noun
"He decided to leave his country in exile after losing the election." noun
"Living in exile was the only way for her to escape the conflict." noun
"The long period of exile made him miss home deeply every day." noun
Related Terms
Antonyms
repatriate
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
absentee foreigner banishment expel
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
refugee remittance man

Origin

The word "exile" entered English via the Old French essil, which came from a Late Latin term meaning "the state of being banished." It originally described the condition of an expelled or outcast individual before evolving into our modern usage.

Rhyming Words
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