exile

noun

/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/UK/ɪɡˈzaɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).

derived from exsilium
derived from essil
inherited from exil

Definitions

1
The state of being banished from one's home or country.
- He lived in exile.
- They chose exile rather than assimilation.
- Let them be recalled from their exile.
2
Someone who is banished from his home or country.
- She lived as an exile, and did her best to make the most out of such life.
- Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.
3
To send (someone or something) into exile.
- Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
- She, mouldering with the dull earth's mouldering sod, / Inwrapt tenfold in slothful shame, / Lay there exiled from eternal God, / Lost to her place and name.

The neighborhood

Derived

antiexile, exilarch, exilarchy, exiledom, exilehood, exile of conscience, exilian, exilic, government-in-exile, internal exile, postexile, self-exile, tax exile

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for exile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA