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- Dictionaryexiled/ˈɛɡzʌɪld/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) having been expelled and barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons: "supporters of the exiled king"
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EXILED definition: 1. sent away from your own country, town, etc., especially for political reasons: 2. sent away…. Learn more.
to send or keep someone away from his or her own country or home, esp. for political reasons. exile. noun [ C/U ] us / ˈeɡ·zɑɪl, ˈek·sɑɪl / the condition being exiled, or a person who is exiled:
The meaning of EXILE is the state or a period of forced absence from one's country or home. How to use exile in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Exile.
5 meanings: 1. a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's home or country; banishment 2. the expulsion of a person from.... Click for more definitions.
If you are exiled from a place, you must leave and not return. Such punishment is called exile. For example, after he was removed from power, Napoleon lived in exile on the island of Elba. The verb exile comes from the Old French word essillier, meaning “banish, expel, or drive off.”.
exiled in British English. (ˈɛɡzaɪld , ˈɛks- ) adjective. (of a person) living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
to force somebody to leave their country, especially for political reasons or as a punishment; to send somebody into exile. be exiled (from…) (to…) He was exiled to Siberia. the party’s exiled leaders
a person banished from their native land. prolonged separation from one's country or home, such as by force of circumstances: Many will suffer wartime exile. anyone separated from their country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances. the Exile, the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, 597–538 b.c. verb (used with object)
noun. /ˈeksaɪl/, /ˈeɡzaɪl/ [uncountable, singular] the state of being sent to live in another country that is not your own, especially for political reasons or as a punishment. a place of exile. He returned after 40 years of exile. in exile He has lived in exile since 1989. into exile The whole family went into exile. to be forced/sent into 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 which someone has lived in exile.
