Exile | Mean of exile in English Dictionary

/ˈɛgˌzajəl/

• Noun
• a situation in which you are forced to leave your country or home and go to live in a foreign country
1. They hoped that his exile would be temporary.
2. forced into exile
3. He went into exile to avoid capture and execution by the government.
4. He now lives in exile in the United States.
5. She went into political exile [=she stopped being involved in politics] after the last election.
• a period of time during which someone has lived in exile
1. a five-year exile
• a person who has been forced to live in a foreign country
1. Many chose to live as exiles rather than face persecution.
• Verb

• to force (someone) to go to live in a distant place or foreign country
1. The President was exiled by military rulers soon after the coup.
2. an exiled writer
3. dissidents exiled to Siberia