exile
noun
1. a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
Similar word(s): expat, expatriate
Definition categories: person, absentee
2. a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
Similar word(s): deportee
Definition categories: person, alien, foreigner, noncitizen, outlander
3. the act of expelling a person from their native land
- men in exile dream of hope
Similar word(s): deportation, expatriation, transportation
Definition categories: act, banishment, proscription
Sentences with exile as a noun:
- He lived in exile.
- They chose exile rather than assimilation.
- She lived as an exile.
verb
1. expel from a country
- The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions
Similar word(s): deport, expatriate