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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Dec 22, 2025 · exile (countable and uncountable, plural exiles) He lived in exile. They chose exile rather than assimilation.

Definition of exile noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.