exile

nounverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈɛɡˌzaɪl//
United Kingdom//ˈɛkˌsaɪl//
//ɪɡˈzaɪl//

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

noun

1
The state of being banished from one's home or country.
He lived in exile.
They chose exile rather than assimilation.
Let them be recalled from their exile.
2
Someone who is banished from their home or country.
She lived as an exile, and did her best to make the most out of such life.
Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.

Etymology

From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).

verb

1
To send (someone or something) into exile.
Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
She, mouldering with the dull earth's mouldering sod, / Inwrapt tenfold in slothful shame, / Lay there exiled from eternal God, / Lost to her place and name.

Forms

plural: exiles
past tense: exiled
past participle: exiled
present participle: exiling
third person singular: exiles

exhaustion · The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used…exhibit · To display or show (something) for others to see, especially…exhibition · An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.

exile · The state of being banished from one's home or country.

exist · to be; have existence; have being or reality existence · The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.existing · That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.

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