exile

[Ex·ile]

Small; slender; thin; fine.

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Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.

Noun
the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"

Noun
expelled from home or country by authority

Noun
voluntarily absent from home or country

Verb
expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government''s actions"


n.
Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.

n.
The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.

v. t.
To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.

a.
Small; slender; thin; fine.


Exile

Ex"ile , n. [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr. exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil; ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil. Cf. Sole of the foot, Saltation.] 1. Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.
Let them be recalled from their exile.
2. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.
Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay.
Syn. -- Banishment; proscription; expulsion.

Exile

Ex"ile v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exiling.] To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away. "Exiled from eternal God." Tennyson.
Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
Syn. -- See Banish.

Exile

Ex*ile" , a. [L. exilis.] Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] "An exile sound." Bacon.

Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.

To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.

Small; slender; thin; fine.

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Usage Examples

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.

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Other Usage Examples

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.

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