[eg-zahyl, ek-sahyl] 
noun, verb, -iled, -il⋅ing.| 1. | expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree. |
| 2. | the fact or state of such expulsion: to live in exile. |
| 3. | a person banished from his or her native land. |
| 4. | prolonged separation from one's country or home, as by force of circumstances: wartime exile. |
| 5. | anyone separated from his or her country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances. |
| 6. | the Exile, the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, 597–538 b.c. |
| 7. | to expel or banish (a person) from his or her country; expatriate. |
| 8. | to separate from country, home, etc.: Disagreements exiled him from his family. |
zaɪl