exile

ex-ile · noun, verb

imported

Definitions

noun, verb

  1. 1.

    The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

  2. 2.

    To expel and bar someone from their native country.

  3. 3.

    A person who lives away from their native country, either by choice or compulsion.

Forms

plural: exiles

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    go into exile — to leave one's country to live abroad
  • •
    in exile — living away from one's home country
  • •
    self-imposed exile — voluntary departure from one's country

Related words

Antonyms: repatriation, return, welcome
See also: banish, deport, exiled, refugee
Synonyms: banishment, deportation, expulsion

Etymology

From Latin exsilium ("banishment"), from exsul ("banished person"), from ex- ("out") + solum ("ground, land").