Exile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Enforced removal from one's native country.
  • n. Self-imposed absence from one's country.
  • n. The condition or a period of living away from one's native country.
  • n. One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence.
  • v. To send into exile; banish. See Synonyms at banish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state of being banished from one's home or country.
  • n. Someone who is banished from one's home or country.
  • v. To send into exile.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.
  • n. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.
  • v. To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.
  • adj. Small; slender; thin; fine.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Expulsion from one's country or home by an authoritative decree, for a definite period or in perpetuity; banishment; expatriation: as, the exile of Napoleon; exile to Siberia.
  • n. Residence in a foreign land or a remote place enforced by the government of which one has been a subject or citizen, or by stress of circumstances; separation from one's native or chosen home or country and friends; the condition of living in banishment.
  • n. Removal.
  • n. A banished person; a person expelled from his country or home by authority, or separated from it by necessity: as, Siberian exiles; a band of exiles.
  • n. Synonyms Proscription, expulsion, ostracism.
  • To banish from a country or from a particular jurisdiction by authority, with a prohibition of return, for a limited time or for life; expatriate.
  • Hence To constrain to abandon country or home; drive to a foreign country, literally or figuratively; expel.
  • Slender; thin; fine; light.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. expel from a country
  • n. the act of expelling a person from their native land
  • n. a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
  • n. a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  • Verb Form
    exiled    exiles    exiling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    expel    kick out    throw out    outlander    foreigner    noncitizen    alien   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    expulsion    proscription    banishment    banish    small    slender    thin    fine    outcast    expel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    imprisonment    banishment    refugee    captivity    poverty    misery    solitude    disgrace    adventurer    defeat