exile
The state of being banished from one's home or country.
Example
“He lived in exile.”
Other meanings
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.”
Synonyms
- expatriate
Related words
- antiexile
- exilarch
- exilarchy
- exiledom
- exilehood
- exilian
- exilic
- postexile
- government-in-exile
- self-exile
- tax exile
- internal exile
Word history
From Latin "exsilium".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “exile” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.