banish, exile, deport, transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own. exile may imply compulsory removal …

Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the …

EXILE definition: expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree. See examples of exile used in a sentence.

EXILE definition: 1. the condition of someone being sent or kept away from their own country, village, etc…. Learn more.

If someone is living in exile, they are living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons. He is now living in exile in Egypt. He returned from exile earlier …

1. expulsion from one's native land or home by authoritative decree. 2. the fact or state of such expulsion: to live in exile. 3. prolonged separation from one's country or home, as by force of …

prolonged separation from one's country or home, as by force of circumstances: wartime exile. anyone separated from his or her country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances.

Jan 20, 2026 · exile (countable and uncountable, plural exiles) (uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country. Synonym: banishment He lived in exile. They chose exile …

EXILE meaning: 1 : a situation in which you are forced to leave your country or home and go to live in a foreign country often used after in or into sometimes used figuratively; 2 : a period of time during …

Exile definition: One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence.