Exile

Word EXILE
Character 5
Hyphenation ex ile ex ile
Pronunciations /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/

Definitions and meanings of "Exile"

What do we mean by exile?

The condition or period of being forced to live away from one's native country or home, especially as a punishment. noun

The condition or period of self-imposed absence from one's country or home. noun

One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence. noun

To send into exile; banish. transitive verb

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.

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. noun

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. noun

Removal. noun

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. noun

Synonyms Proscription, expulsion, ostracism. noun

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. noun

The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home. noun

To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away. transitive verb

Small; slender; thin; fine. adjective

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

Someone who is banished from one's home or country. noun

To send into exile. verb

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

Someone who is banished from their home or country.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Exile

The word "exile" in example sentences

The Prophet said, _Islam began in exile and it will end in exile_. " ❋ Robert Shea (1963)

His parents were Russian radicals in exile from the Tsarist regime. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Palmer, a journalist, first learned about these witches in exile from a 2004 human rights report. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The cheney presidency in exile is giving us a taste of what unfettered political power has to do when they attempt to defend their promotion of uncontrolled big business and profit taking during an unnecessary war of choice. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The other thing you may be referring to is the conversation at the end of the book that Leary had with a hardball Swiss political operative with various intelligence connections while he was in exile from the U.S. government in Switzerland. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Andrew Wheeler, no longer in exile, is now blogging at ComicMix. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sometimes being in exile is as much punishment as you can get. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Too many people have been under the illusion that a Government in exile is just a group of destitute aliens constituting, more or less, a financial burden on the United States and on the British Empire. ❋ Unknown (1943)

Even now the Romans grumble at what they call their exile, but they are obstinate and tenacious, and to rid our land of them for good it would be necessary for us not only to be united among ourselves when we rise against them, but to remain so, and to oppose with our whole force the fresh armies they will bring against us. ❋ Unknown (1867)

You know how she hates what she calls her exile, and I hear that she has been quietly using all her family influence to obtain his recall and his appointment as a magistrate here. ❋ Unknown (1867)

Or when they rejoiced in their return from what they called their exile, and found fault with all they had left in England, my cheeks burned with indignation. ❋ Charlotte Mary Yonge (1862)

British government into any links with the militant group, which it identified as the exile movement, the Mujahedeen-e Khalq Organization. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So dial your inner reading voice to a sneering English accent* and sway back to 1971, when Keith Richards (in "exile" with the rest of the band, fleeing a tsunami of taxes) rented the massive, past-its-prime Villa Nellcôte in the French Riviera, and marked it as the best place to record the follow-up to Sticky Fingers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They're already in exile from their native countries, and nothing we do can "exile" them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

How has living in "exile" changed the way you write? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Living in "exile" sounds so romantic, but the truth is, I've never done it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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