exile
English
Etymology
From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/, /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/
- Hyphenation: ex‧ile
Noun
exile (countable and uncountable, plural exiles)
- (uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.
- He lived in exile.
- They chose exile rather than assimilation.
- Shakespeare
- Let them be recalled from their exile.
- (countable) Someone who is banished from their home or country.
- Shakespeare
- Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.
- She lived as an exile.
- Shakespeare
Synonyms
- (the state): banishment
- (the person): expatriate, expat
Derived terms
Translations
the state of being banished from one's home or country
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someone who is banished from one's home or country
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Verb
exile (third-person singular simple present exiles, present participle exiling, simple past and past participle exiled)
- (transitive) To send into exile.
- Tennyson
- Exiled from eternal God.
- Shakespeare
- Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
- Tennyson
Translations
to send into exile
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Verb
exile
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