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 compulsory removal …

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 circumstance or the …

EXILE definition: expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree. See examples of exile used in a sentence.

EXILE meaning: 1. the condition of someone being sent or kept away from their own country, village, etc…. Learn more.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ex‧ile1 /ˈeksaɪl, ˈeɡzaɪl/ noun 1 [singular, uncountable] a situation in which you are forced to leave your country and live in another country, …

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

1. expulsion from one's native land or home by authoritative decree. 2. the fact or state of such expulsion: to live in exile. 3. prolonged separation from one's country or home, as by force of …