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Exile Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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 Synonyms \| Synonyms for Exile: deport \| deportation \| deportee \| expatriate \| expatriate \| expatriation \| transportation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Exile: abstract \| alien \| alienate \| ban \| banish \| banishment \| bar \| barbarian \| blackball \| blackballing \| cast off \| cast out \| castaway \| chuck \| clear \| clear away \| clear out \| clear the decks \| clearance \| cut \| cut out \| declasse \| defrocking \| degradation \| demotion \| depluming \| deport \| deportation \| deported population \| deportee \| deprivation \| deracine \| derelict \| detachment \| diaspora \| disbarment \| discard \| disfellowship \| disjunction \| dispersion \| displace \| displaced person \| displacement \| displuming \| disposal \| dispose of \| disposition \| dispossess \| DP \| drive out \| eject \| ejection \| elide \| eliminate \| elimination \| emigrant \| emigrate \| emigration \| emigre \| eradicate \| eradication \| evacuate \| evacue \| evacuee \| evict \| evictee \| exclude \| exclusion \| excommunicate \| excommunication \| expatriate \| expatriation \| expel \| expellee \| expulsion \| extradite \| extradition \| foreign devil \| foreigner \| fugitate \| fugitation \| get quit of \| get rid of \| get shut of \| gringo \| immigrant \| in-migrant \| Ishmael \| leper \| liquidate \| liquidation \| maroon \| migrant \| migration \| migrator \| migratory worker \| nonperson \| ostracism \| ostracization \| ostracize \| oust \| outcast \| outcast of society \| outcaste \| outlander \| outlaw \| outlawing \| outlawry \| out-migrant \| out-migrate \| out-migration \| outsider \| pariah \| persona non grata \| pick out \| proscribe \| purge \| refugee \| relegate \| relegation \| remigrate \| remigration \| removal \| remove \| riddance \| root out \| root up \| rusticate \| rustication \| scattering \| send away \| send down \| send to Coventry \| separation \| severance \| snub \| social outcast \| spurn \| stateless person \| stranger \| strike off \| strike out \| stripping \| suspension \| the Wandering Jew \| throw over \| throw overboard \| thrust out \| tramontane \| transport \| transportation \| trekker \| Uitlander \| ultramontane \| unacceptable person \| undesirable \| unfrocking \| unperson \| untouchable \| wanderer \| weed out \| wetback \| withdrawal See Also \| absentee \| alien \| banishment \| expel \| foreigner \| kick out \| noncitizen \| outlander \| proscription \| refugee \| remittance man \| throw out Exile In Webster's Dictionary \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"ile\v. 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.

Exile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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

Exile In Webster's Dictionary

\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"ile\v. 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.

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