Exile

Quick meaning: Exile is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.
2. (transitive) To send (someone or something) into exile.

Example Sentences

He lived in exile.

Let them be recalled from their exile.

Calling home our exiled friends abroad.

They chose exile rather than assimilation.

Word Forms

• exiles
• exiling
• exiled

Synonyms for exile

Depending on context, synonyms include banishment, expatriate, banish, forban, expatriation, deportation.

Antonyms for exile

Common opposites include repatriate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include deportation, deportee, expatriate, expatriation, deport, banishment.

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