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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.
6.
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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