US /ɪɡˈzaɪl/ UK /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/
verb noun Freq #7813

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The state of being forced to live away from your home or country.

    The writer spent twenty years in exile abroad.

  2. 2
    noun

    A person who has been forced to leave their home or country.

    Many exiles dream of one day returning home.

  3. 3
    verb

    To force someone to leave their home or country.

    The poet was exiled for criticising the government.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the state of being forced... banishment
2 noun · a person who has been... expatriatedeportee
3 verb · to force someone to leave... banishdeport
Word family
Forms exiledexilesexiling
Derived forms antiexileexilarchexilarchyexiledomexilehoodexilianexilicgovernment-in-exilepostexileself-exile

Etymology

From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).

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