exile

🇺🇸 /ˈeksaɪl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈeksaɪl/
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Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
noun
C1

being forced to live away from your own country, often for political reasons

Many people live in exile because of their political beliefs.

R

a person who is forced to live away from their own country

The government punished political exiles by sending them to remote islands.

verb
R

to force someone to leave their country and live somewhere else

The king decided to exile anyone who spoke against him.

translation

n. being forced to live away from your own country, often for political reasons; a person who is forced to live away from their own country
v. to force someone to leave their country and live somewhere else

Word Forms

Plural exiles
Progressive exiling
Past exiled
Perfect exiled
3rd Present exiles