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noun
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.
EXPANDanyone separated from his or her country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances.
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COLLAPSEthe Exile, the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, 597–538 b.c.
verb (used with object)
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.
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English exil banishment < Latin ex(s)ilium, equivalent to exsul banished person + -ium -ium
1250–1300; Middle English exil banishment < Latin ex(s)ilium, equivalent to exsul banished person + -ium -ium
Related forms
ex·il·a·ble, adjective
ex·il·er, noun
qua·si-ex·iled, adjective
un·ex·iled, adjective
Synonyms
7, 8. evict, drive out, cast out, eject, deport.
7, 8. evict, drive out, cast out, eject, deport.
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Word Origin & History
exile
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." Related: Exiled; exiling
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