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exile

/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/

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What does exile mean?

noun

  1. The state of being banished from one's home or country.
  2. Someone who is banished from their home or country.

verb

  1. To send (someone or something) into exile.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɛkˌsaɪl/
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They came here--the exile and the stranger, brave but frightened--to find a place where a man could be his own man.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
Thereupon Castruccio seized Benedetto and put him to death, and beheaded many other noble citizens, and drove their families into exile.
Niccolò MachiavelliThe PrinceTranslated by W. K. (William Kenaz) MarriottProject Gutenberg ebook #1232
More book examples (3)
MARCIUS.—As with a man busied about decrees, Condemning some to death and some to exile, Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.
Walter ScottIvanhoe: A RomanceProject Gutenberg ebook #82
The closing scene reveals Jocasta slain by her own hand and Oedipus blinded by his own act and praying for death or exile.
SophoclesPlays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; AntigoneTranslated by Francis StorrProject Gutenberg ebook #31
However this be, it is certain Marius, in his exile and greatest extremities, would often say, that he should attain a seventh consulship.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674