Meanings
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1
noun
The state of being forced to live away from your home or country.
The writer spent twenty years in exile abroad.
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2
noun
A person who has been forced to leave their home or country.
Many exiles dream of one day returning home.
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3
verb
To force someone to leave their home or country.
The poet was exiled for criticising the government.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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noun
· the state of being forced...
banishment
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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