exile
noun
[ ˈɛksʌɪl ]
• the state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.
• "he knew now that he would die in exile"
Similar:
banishment,
expulsion,
expatriation,
deportation,
eviction,
uprooting,
separation,
extradition,
transportation,
ostracism,
exile
verb
• expel and bar (someone) from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.
• "a corrupt dictator who had been exiled from his country"
Similar:
expel,
banish,
expatriate,
deport,
ban,
bar,
drive out,
throw out,
cast out,
eject,
oust,
outlaw,
uproot,
separate,
extradite,
excommunicate,
transport,
displace,
ostracize,
Origin:
Middle English: the noun partly from Old French exil ‘banishment’ and partly from Old French exile ‘banished person’; the verb from Old French exiler ; all based on Latin exilium ‘banishment’, from exul ‘banished person’.
