exile
noun
- person who is away from one's home (i.e. city, state, or country), while either being explicitly refused permission to return or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return
- event by which a person is forced away from home
verb
- banish, send away
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/ / /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/ / /ɪɡˈzaɪl/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).
- The state of being banished from one's home or country.
“He lived in exile.”
“They chose exile rather than assimilation.”
- Someone who is banished from his home or country.
“She lived as an exile, and did her best to make the most out of such life.”
“Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).
- To send (someone or something) into exile.
“Calling home our exiled friends abroad.”
“She, mouldering with the dull earth's mouldering sod, / Inwrapt tenfold in slothful shame, / Lay there exiled from eternal God, / Lost to her place and name.”