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   exile

   /ˈɛkzʌɪl/

   noun

   • 1. the state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons: "he knew now that he would die in exile" Similar banishmentexpulsionexpatriationdeportationevictionuprootingseparationextraditionhistorical:transportationostracismOpposite return
   • ▪ a person who lives away from their native country, either from choice or compulsion: "the return of political exiles" Similar émigréexpatriatedisplaced personrefugeeasylum seekerdeporteeoutcastpariahinformal:DPexpat

   verb

   • 1. expel and bar (someone) from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons: "a corrupt dictator who had been exiled from his country"

   Word Origin Middle English: the noun partly from Old French exil ‘banishment’ and partly from Old French exile ‘banished person’; the verb from Old French exiler; all based on Latin exilium ‘banishment’, from exul ‘banished person’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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