exile

SayEG-zyl/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/

Pluralexiles (some meanings)

Verbexiles, exiling, exiled

3 meanings of exile

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1
noununcountable
The condition of being banished from one's home or country.
The poet spent two decades in exile after criticizing the ruling regime.
Exile from her homeland weighed heavily on the aging writer.
Similarbanishment
Oppositerepatriation
2
nouncountable
A person who has been banished from their home or country.
The political exile published essays attacking the government from abroad.
A group of exiles built a tight-knit community in the border town.
Similarexpatriate
3
verbtransitive
To send someone or something into banishment from their home or country.
The new regime moved to exile anyone who openly opposed its rule.
The emperor exiled the disgraced general to a distant province.
Similarbanish, expatriate
Oppositerepatriate

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Origin

This word comes from Middle English 'exil', borrowed from Old French 'essil' or 'exil', from Latin 'exsilium' ('state of exile'), which derived from 'exsul', meaning an exiled person.