Definitions for: Exile


[n] the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"
[n] expelled from home or country by authority
[n] voluntarily absent from home or country
[v] expel from a country



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex"ile, n. [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr.
exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil;
ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of
salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil. Cf. Sole of the foot,
Saltation.]
1. 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.

Let them be recalled from their exile. --Shak.

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

Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay. --Shak.

Syn: Banishment; proscription; expulsion.


Ex"ilev. t. [imp. & p. p. Exiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exiling.]
To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive
away. ``Exiled from eternal God.'' --Tennyson.

Calling home our exiled friends abroad. --Shak.

Syn: See Banish.


Ex*ile", a. [L. exilis.]
Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] ``An exile sound.''
--Bacon.

Synonyms: deport, deportation, deportee, expatriate, expatriate, expatriation, transportation

Antonyms: repatriate

See Also: absentee, alien, banishment, expel, foreigner, kick out, noncitizen, outlander, proscription, refugee, remittance man, throw out

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