exile (n.)

  1. a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; American expatriates

    [ Syn: expatriate , expat ]

  2. a person who is expelled from home or country by authority

    [ Syn: deportee ]

  3. the act of expelling a person from their native land; men in exile dream of hope; his deportation to a penal colony; the expatriation of wealthy farmers; the sentence was one of transportation for life

    [ Syn: deportation , expatriation , transportation ]

    exile (v.)

  1. expel from a country; The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the governments actions

    [ Syn: expatriate , deport ]

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