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exile
('/E/gz/aI/l )

adjective (a)

  • Small; slender; thin; fine.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    expat, expatriate
    source: wordnet30
  • a person who is expelled from home or country by authority(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    deportee
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of expelling a person from their native land(noun.act)
    Example:
    Men in exile dream of hope.
    Synonym:
    deportation, expatriation, transportation
    source: wordnet30
  • Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • expel from a country(verb.social)
    Example:
    The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions.
    Synonym:
    deport, expatriate
    Antonym:
    repatriate
    source: wordnet30
  • To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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