exile
ex·ile (ĕgʹzīl', ĕkʹsīl')n. 1. a. Enforced removal from one's native country. b. Self-imposed absence from one's country. 2. The condition or a period of living away from one's native country. 3. One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence.tr.v. ex·iled, ex·il·ing, ex·iles To send into exile; banish. See Synonyms at banish. [Middle English exil, from Old French, from Latin exilium, from exul, exsul, exiled person, wanderer.] ex·ilʹic (ĭg-zĭlʹĭk, ĭk-sĭlʹ-) or ex·ilʹian (ĭg-zĭlʹyən, -zĭlʹē-ən, ĭk-sĭlʹyən, -sĭlʹē-ən) adj.
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