Thesaurus: exile

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1. n. 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. n. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.
3. v. t. To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.
4. a. Small; slender; thin; fine.
5. n. a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
6. n. a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
7. n. the act of expelling a person from their native land
8. v. expel from a country
9. 1. 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. Let them be recalled from their exile. Shak. 2. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home. Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay. Shak. Syn. -- Banishment; proscription; expulsion. To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away. "Exiled from eternal God." Tennyson. Calling home our exiled friends abroad. Shak. Syn. -- See Banish. Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] "An exile sound." Bacon.
10. To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to driveaway. "Exiled from eternal God." Tennyson.Calling home our exiled friends abroad. Shak.
11. v:16/n:84 n. a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country n. a person who is expelled from home or country by authority n. the act of expelling a person from their native land