Meaning of exile in English

exile

noun

/ˈek.saɪl/ /ˈeɡ.zaɪl/ us

/ˈek.saɪl/ /ˈeɡ.zaɪl/

the condition of someone being sent or kept away from their own country, village, etc., especially for political reasons:

go into exile The king went into exile because of the political situation in his country.

in exile The deposed leaders are currently in exile in the neighbouring country.

[ C ]

a person who is sent or kept away from their own country, etc.

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tax exile

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Her popularity has declined since her triumphal return from exile two years ago.
The opposition leader returned to a hero's welcome after seven years in exile.
After the military coup, the family left for self-imposed exile in America.
During the war, they had to leave their homes and go into exile.
Anyone who disagreed with the powerful ruling family, the Medici, would be forced to go into exile.

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Punishing someone by sending them somewhere else

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Evicting and forcing to leave

exile

verb [ T ]

/ˈek.saɪl/ /ˈeɡ.zaɪl/ us

/ˈek.saɪl/ /ˈeɡ.zaɪl/

to send someone away from their own country, village, etc., especially for political reasons:

The monarch was exiled because of the coup.

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deport

expatriate verb formal

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(Definition of exile from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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exile

verb [ T ]

/ˈeɡ·zɑɪl, ˈek·sɑɪl/

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to send or keep someone away from his or her own country or home, esp. for political reasons

exile

noun [ C/U ]

/ˈeɡ·zɑɪl, ˈek·sɑɪl/

the condition being exiled, or a person who is exiled:

[ C ] Many Cuban exiles live in Florida.

(Definition of exile from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of exile

exile

Although exiles used numerous strategies - from demonstrations to publications - to remind the world of their case, their influence remains a matter of discussion.

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Many monks and exiles have become somewhat critical of over-achieving monks mingling with foreigners and spending more time away abroad than in the community.

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Unfortunately, a lot of exiles were tempted by legitimacy.

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The first priority was to bring home the exiles.

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Exiled intellectuals are a useful testing g round because their status as exiles called into question their professional, social and national identity.

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The arrivals of fugitives, refugees or exiles in the border cities were carefully registered and included in periodical reports.

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Prior to the 1980s, witches convicted by the village courts were mostly exiled.

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Opposition parties were banned or harassed out of existence, defiant leaders were exiled or jailed.

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Architects rightly feared that books of stock plans like this would become the basis for builders' homes, thus exiling the architect from the housing market.

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The author used the testimony of 227 survivors as well as recollections of his own 11 years of labour camps and exiles.

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Second, as already mentioned, historical research on exiles started only after the political revolution intended by the exiles had taken place.

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Which factors have stimulated some exiles to claim legitimacy, and why have others not done so?

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Most satisfying of all was when martyrs themselves expressed solidarity with the exiles.

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Interest in the continent is almost exclusively focused on exiles and migrants, rather than on diplomatic developments.

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Ironically, although exiles themselves the nuns were in a strong position to assist the royalist cause.

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exile

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forced exile

Yiddish, deemed a symbol of a miserable past in a forced exile, was neither prestigious nor desirable.

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internal exile

In most clerical quarters, a demeaning internal exile under a hostile regime had not readily given rise to such utilitarian ecclesiological thinking.

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political exile

Then there were the long years in political exile which soon followed, and his return to power in 1958.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

（尤指出於政治原因的）流放，放逐，流亡, 被流放者, 流亡者…

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