ex·ile
ˈeg-ˌzī(-ə)l 
ˈek-ˌsī(-ə)l
ˈek-ˌsī(-ə)l
1
a
: the state or a period of forced absence from one's country or home
b
: the state or a period of voluntary absence from one's country or home
2
: a person who is in exile
exiled; exiling
: to banish or expel from one's own country or home
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Examples of exile in a Sentence
Noun
They hoped that his exile would be temporary.
Many chose to live as exiles rather than face persecution.
Verb
with their conquest of the Moors complete, Ferdinand and Isabella next exiled the Jews from Spain
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Manuel Rueda, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
As with the previous reports, excerpts appeared in independent Russian publications, mostly working in exile: Meduza, Holod, and Re: Russia.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
As a result, its people have been imprisoned, exiled, and murdered.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Those detained recently include the director of a freedom of speech group, and the son in law of Edmundo González, the retired diplomat who became the opposition's stand-in candidate in July's election, and is now in exile.
—Manuel Rueda, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
As with the previous reports, excerpts appeared in independent Russian publications, mostly working in exile: Meduza, Holod, and Re: Russia.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
In Act 4, Prospero, the former Duke of Milan who has been exiled to a desert island with daughter Miranda, and his magic book, interrupts his revenge scheme to conjure a supernatural theatrical pageant in honor of the engagement of Miranda and Ferdinand, the son of the king of Naples.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
As a result, its people have been imprisoned, exiled, and murdered.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Exile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exile. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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exile
2 of 2 verb
exiled; exiling
: to force to leave one's own country or home
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