c.1300, from O.Fr. exillier, from L.L. exilare, from L. exilium "banishment," from exul "banished person," from ex- "away" + PIE root *al- "to wander" (cf. Gk. alasthai "I wander"). The noun is also c.1300. Derived in ancient times by folk etymology from L. solum "soil."
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates"
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a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
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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"
verb
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expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions" [syn: expatriate] [ant: repatriate]
Ban"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banished(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Banishing.] [OF. banir, F. bannir, LL. bannire, fr. OHG. bannan to summon, fr. ban ban. See Ban an edict, and Finish, v. t.]1. To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power. "We banish you our territories." --Shak. 2. To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of. How the ancient Celtic tongue came to be banished from the Low Countries in Scotland. --Blair. 3. To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel. "Banish all offense." --Shak. Syn: To Banish, Exile, Expel. Usage: The idea of a coercive removal from a place is common to these terms. A man is banished when he is forced by the government of a country (be he a foreigner or a native) to leave its borders. A man is exiled when he is driven into banishment from his native country and home. Thus to exile is to banish, but to banish is not always to exile. To expel is to eject or banish, summarily or authoritatively, and usually under circumstances of disgrace; as, to expel from a college; expelled from decent society.
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.
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