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The meaning of EXILE is the state or a period of forced absence from one's country or home. How to use exile in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Exile.
EXILE definition: 1. the condition of someone being sent or kept away from their own country, village, etc…. Learn more.
Exile definition: One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence.
EXILE meaning: 1 : a situation in which you are forced to leave your country or home and go to live in a foreign country often used after in or into sometimes used figuratively; 2 : a period of time during which someone has lived in exile.
a person banished from their native land. prolonged separation from one's country or home, such as by force of circumstances: Many will suffer wartime exile. anyone separated from their country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances. the Exile,the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, 597–538 b.c.
exile in British English. (ˈɛɡzaɪl , ˈɛksaɪl ) noun. 1. a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's home or country; banishment. 2. the expulsion of a person from his or her native land by official decree. 3. a person banished or living away from his or her home or country; expatriate.
a situation in which someone has to leave their home and live in another country, often for political reasons: He spent the war years in exile in New York. The King was forced into exile.
to force somebody to leave their country, especially for political reasons or as a punishment; to send somebody into exile be exiled (from…) (to…) He was exiled to Siberia.
Some common synonyms of exile are banish, deport, and transport. While all these words mean "to remove by authority from a state or country," exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country. a writer who exiled himself for political reasons.
noun. /ˈeksaɪl/, /ˈeɡzaɪl/ [uncountable, singular] the state of being sent to live in another country that is not your own, especially for political reasons or as a punishment. a place of exile. He returned after 40 years of exile. in exile He has lived in exile since 1989. into exile The whole family went into exile. to be forced/sent into exile.