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| ex·ile [ ég zl, ék sl ] |
noun (plural ex·iles) |
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1. absence from own country: unwilling absence from a home country or place of residence, whether enforced by a government or court as a punishment, or self-imposed for political or religious reasons
  living in exile
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2. somebody living outside own country: a citizen of one country who is forced or chooses to live in another
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3. banishment: official expulsion from a home, country, or area, sometimes to a particular place, as a punishment
exile to Siberia
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transitive verb (past and past participle ex·iled, present participle ex·il·ing, 3rd person present singular ex·iles) |
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banish somebody from home or country: to order somebody to leave and stay away from his or her own country or home
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin exilium "banishment" < exul "banished person"] |
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