Definitions for EXILE
ˈɛg zaɪl, ˈɛk saɪlex·ile

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.2 / 5 votes

1. exile, expatriate, expatnoun

   a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

   "American expatriates"

2. exile, deporteenoun

   a person who is expelled from home or country by authority

3. exile, deportation, expatriation, transportationverb

   the act of expelling a person from their native land

   "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"

4. expatriate, deport, exileverb

   expel from a country

   "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. exilenoun

   The state of being banished from one's home or country.

2. exilenoun

   Someone who is banished from one's home or country.

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3. exileverb

   To send into exile.

4. Etymology: exil, from essil exil, from exsilium, exilium, derived from exsul, exul.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exileadjective

   Small; slender; not full; not powerful. Not in use, except in philosophical writings.

   Etymology: exilis, Latin.

   It were also good to enquire what other means may be to draw forth the exile heat which is in the air; for that may be a secret of great power to produce cold weather. Francis Bacon.

   In a virginal, when the lid is down, it maketh a more exile sound than when the lid is open. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

2. EXILEnoun

   Etymology: exilium, Latin.

   1. Banishment; state of being banished from one’s country.

   Our state of bodies would bewray what life
   We’ve led since thy exile. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Welcome is exile, welcome were my death. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   Let them pronounce the steep Tarpeian death,
   Vagabond exile, slaying, pent to linger
   But with a grain of day, I would not buy
   Their mercy at the price of one fair word. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   2. The person banished.

   O must the wretched exiles ever mourn,
   Nor after length of rowling years return? John Dryden, Virg.

   Ulysses, sole of all the victor train,
   An exile from his dear paternal coast,
   Deplor’d his absent queen, and empire lost. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

3. To Exileverb

   To banish; to drive from a country; to transport.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Call home our exil’d friends abroad,
   That fled the snares of watchful tyranny. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Foul subornation is predominant,
   And equity exil’d your highness’ land. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   For that offence,
   Immediately we do exile him hence. William Shakespeare, Rom. and Juliet.

   They fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay there exiled from the eternal providence. Wisd. xvii. 2.

   His brutal manners from his breast exil’d,
   His mien he fashion’d, and his tongue he fil’d. Dryden.

   Arms and the man I sing, who forc’d by fate,
   And haughty Juno’s unrelenting hate,
   Expel’d and exil’d. John Dryden, Virgil’s Æn.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exile

   To be in exile means to be away from one's home (i.e. village, town, city, state, province, territory or even country), while either being explicitly refused permission to return or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return. In Roman law, exsilium denoted both voluntary exile and banishment as a capital punishment alternative to death. Deportation was forced exile, and entailed the lifelong loss of citizenship and property. Relegation was a milder form of deportation, which preserved the subject's citizenship and property.The term diaspora describes group exile, both voluntary and forced. "Government in exile" describes a government of a country that has relocated and argues its legitimacy from outside that country. Voluntary exile is often depicted as a form of protest by the person who claims it, to avoid persecution and prosecution (such as tax or criminal allegations), an act of shame or repentance, or isolating oneself to be able to devote time to a particular pursuit. Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exile

   Exile refers to the state of being barred or expelled from one's native country or place of residence, typically for political or punitive reasons. It involves a forced or voluntary absence from one's home or country as a result of a penalty, punishment, safety, or political conflicts. Exile might be internal (within the country) or external (to a foreign land).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exilenoun

   forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country

2. Exilenoun

   the person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home

3. Exileverb

   to banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away

4. Exileadjective

   small; slender; thin; fine

5. Etymology: [L. exilis.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exile

   Exile means to be away from one's home, while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return. It can be a form of punishment and solitude. It is common to distinguish between internal exile, i.e., forced resettlement within the country of residence, and external exile, deportation outside the country of residence. Although most commonly used to describe an individual situation, the term is also used for groups, or for an entire government. Terms such as diaspora and refugee describe group exile, both voluntary and forced, and government in exile describes a government of a country that has been forced to relocate and argue its legitimacy from outside that country. Exile can also be a self-imposed departure from one's homeland. Self-exile is often depicted as a form of protest by the person that claims it, to avoid persecution or legal matters, an act of shame or repentance, or isolating oneself to be able to devote time to a particular thing. Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that, "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exile

   eks′īl, or egz′īl, n. state of being sent out of one's native country: expulsion from home: banishment: one away from his native country.—v.t. to expel from one's native country, to banish.—n. Ex′īlement, banishment.—adj. Exil′ic, pertaining to exile, esp. that of the Jews in Babylon. [O. Fr. exil—L. exsilium, banishment—ex, out of, and root of salīre, to leap.]

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1. exile

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Matched Categories

1. • Absentee
   • Expel
   • Foreigner

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'EXILE' in Nouns Frequency: #2652

Anagrams for EXILE »

1. lexie

2. Lexie

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of EXILE in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of EXILE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of EXILE in a Sentence

1. Erik Pevernagie:

   How many people are ready to die for beauty, prepared to go through an infernal desert of starvation. Absence of beauty means ultimate loneliness. Absence of beauty means guilt and exile into a no-man’s land. Life is an outcast’s journey through a gloomy valley, when beauty has forsaken. ("Absence of beauty was like hell").

2. Anshel Pfeffer:

   If King Bibi're King Bibi, King Bibi want to continue being the king in exile, but to be the king in exile, it might not be in the opposition.

3. Nicole Lee:

   Project Exile broke black families, this is not a benign thing to be for. These measures were not used against white kids in the suburbs with guns, they were used against black kids in the cities.

4. Willa Cather:

   Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything.

5. Willa Cather:

   Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family --but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=EXILE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exile
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=EXILE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/EXILE
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=EXILE
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=EXILE