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exile

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ex·ile  (gzl, ksl)
n.
1.
a. Enforced removal from one's native country.
b. Self-imposed absence from one's country.
2. The condition or a period of living away from one's native country.
3. One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence.
tr.v. ex·iled, ex·il·ing, ex·iles
To send into exile; banish. See Synonyms at banish.

[Middle English exil, from Old French, from Latin exilium, from exul, exsul, exiled person, wanderer.]

ex·ilic (g-zlk, k-sl-), ex·ilian (g-zlyn, -zl-n, k-slyn, -sl-n) adj.

exile
Noun
1. a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's country
2. a person banished or living away from his or her country
Verb
[-iling, -iled]
to expel (someone) from his or her country; banish [Latin exsilium]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.exileexile - a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates"
absentee - one that is absent or not in residence
refugee - an exile who flees for safety
remittance man - an exile living on money sent from home
2.exileexile - a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
alien, foreigner, noncitizen, outlander - a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
3.exile - 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"
banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
Verb1.exile - expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"
expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"

exile
Translations
exile [ˈɛksaɪl] nexilio;
(person) → exiliado/a

exile [ˈɛksaɪl] nexil m (= person); exilé(e)
vtexiler;
in exile → en exil

exile [ˈɛksaɪl] nExil nt;
(person) → Verbannte(r) f(m)
vtverbannen;
in exile → im Exil

exile [ˈɛksaɪl] nesilio;
(person) → esiliato/a
vtesiliare;
in exile → in esilio

exile
n exile [ˈeksail]
1 a person who lives outside his own country either from choice or because he is forced to do so an exile from his native land. banneling نَفي، مَنْفى изгнаник emigrant, -ka eksil; udlændighed im Exil Lebende/r εξόριστος exiliado pagulane آدم تبعید شده؛ دور از وطن maanpakolainen exilé/-ée גוֹלֶה निर्वासित prognanik, izbjeglica száműzött orang pengasingan útlegð esiliato 追放人 망명자 tremtinys, emigrantas trimdinieks orang buangan balling landsforvist person emigrant exilado exilat изгнанник; ссыльный emigrant, -ka izseljenec; izgnanec egzil landsförvisad, landsflyktig การเนรเทศ sürgün 流亡者 вигнанець, засланець جلا وطن یا عرصے تک وطن سے دور người lưu vong 流亡
2 a (usually long) stay in a foreign land (eg as a punishment) He was sent into exile. ballingskap غُرْبَه، إغْتِراب заточение exil eksil das Exil εξορία exilio pagendus, maapagu تبعید maanpako exil גָלוּת निर्वासन, देश निकाला progonstvo, egzil száműzetés pengasingan útlegð esilio 国外追放 유배 tremtis trimda buangan ballingschap landsforvisning, eksil wygnanie exílio exil ссылка exil izgnanstvo egzil landsflykt, exil การไปอยู่ต่างถิ่น sürgün 流放 заслання, вигнання جلا وطنی cảnh sống lưu vong
v
to send away or banish (a person) from his own country. verban, uitban يَنْفي، يُبْعِد заточвам poslat do vyhnanství sende i eksil verbannen εξορίζω exiliar pagendusse saatma تبعید کردن karkottaa maanpakoon exiler לְהָגלוֹת देश से निकालना prognati száműz mengasingkan reka í útlegð esiliare 追放する 추방하다 (iš)tremti izsūtīt trimdā dibuang negeri verbannen landsforvise zsyłać, skazywać na wygnanie exilar a exila изгонять; ссылать poslať do vyhnanstva izgnati proterati landsförvisa เนรเทศ sürmek, sürgüne göndermek 放逐 висилати; виганяти دیس نکالا دینا lưu đày


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Tu Fu in `The Old Man of Shao-Ling' leaves us this memory of his peaceful days passed in the capital, before the ambition of the Turkic general An Lu-shan had driven his master into exile in far Ssuch`uan.
Even in the course of the trial he might have proposed exile as the penalty, but then he declared that he preferred death to exile.
The wars, the guillotine and exile had reduced it to two, one of which was despotic in her government, so far as theory was concerned at least; possibly, at times, a little so in practice.
 
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