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Definitions for Exile

[1] expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
[2] the fact or state of such expulsion: to live in exile.
[3] a person banished from his or her native land.
[4] prolonged separation from one's country or home, as by force of circumstances: wartime exile.
[5] anyone separated from his or her country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances.
[6] the Exile, the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, 597–538 b.c.
[7] to expel or banish (a person) from his or her country; expatriate.
[8] to separate from country, home, etc.: Disagreements exiled him from his family.
[9] a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's home or country; banishment
[10] the expulsion of a person from his native land by official decree
[11] a person banished or living away from his home or country; expatriate
[12] to expel from home or country, esp by official decree as a punishment; banish
[13] the Exile another name for Babylonian captivity

Words related to Exile

expatriate, refugee, fugitive, oust, relegate, extradite, outlaw, expel, displace, evacuate, ostracize, banish, dispersion, proscription, exclusion, displacement, expulsion, diaspora, ostracism, migration

Words nearby Exile

exigency, exigent, exigible, exiguous, exilarch, exile, exilic, eximious, exine, exist, existence

Origin of Exile

1250–1300; Middle English exil banishment < Latin ex(s)ilium, equivalent to exsul banished person + -ium -ium

Other words from Exile

ex·il·a·ble , adjective
ex·il·er , noun
qua·si-ex·iled , adjective
un·ex·iled , adjective

Word origin for Exile

C13: from Latin exsilium banishment, from exsul banished person; perhaps related to Greek alasthai to wander

Synonyms for Exile

banishment, diaspora, dispersion, displacement, exclusion, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, migration, ostracism, proscription, relegation, scattering, separation