exile
Syllables: ex·ile/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/
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obsolete/ɪɡˈzaɪl/
exile noun: the state of being banished from one's home or country.
Noun
exile (countable and uncountable, plural exiles)
- The state of being banished from one's home or country.
- He lived in exile.
- They chose exile rather than assimilation.
- Synonyms:
- banishment
- Someone who is banished from their home or country.
- She lived as an exile, and did her best to make the most out of such life.
- Thou art an exile, and thou must not stay.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Synonyms:
- expatriate, émigré
Verb
exile (third-person singular simple present exiles, present participle exiling, simple past and past participle exiled)
- To send (someone or something) into exile.
- Calling home our exiled friends abroad.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- She, mouldering with the dull earth's mouldering sod, / Inwrapt tenfold in slothful shame, / Lay there exiled from eternal God, / Lost to her place and name.1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Palace of Art”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza LXVIII, page 87
- Synonyms:
- banish, forban, expatriate
exile meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
exile in Hindi
- someone who is banished from one's home or country
- निर्वासित nirvāsit
- the state of being banished from one's home or country
- निर्वासन nirvāsan, देशनिकाला deśnikālā
- to send into exile
- निर्वासन nirvāsan
exile in Tamil
- நாடு கடத்தப்பட்டவர், நாடு கடத்தல், நாடு கடத்து
exile in Marathi
- निर्वासन, हद्दपार
exile in Urdu
- someone who is banished from one's home or country
- جَلا وَطَن jalā vatan, تَبْعِیدی tab'īdī
- the state of being banished from one's home or country
- جَلا وَطَنی jalā vatanī, تَبْعِید tab'īd
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- exile in Bengali
- নির্বাসন nirbaśon
- exile in Malayalam
- നാടുകടത്തൽ, വിദേശത്തുള്ള അഭയവാസം, ബഹിഷ്കൃതൻ, രാജ്യഭ്രഷ്ടൻ
- exile in Kannada
- ಗಡಿಪಾರು, ದೇಶಭ್ರಷ್ಟನನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡುವಿಕೆ, ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಹೊರದೂಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ದೇಶಭ್ರಷ್ಟ
- exile in Punjabi
- ਨਿਕਾਲ਼ਾ nikāḷā
- exile in Nepali
- निर्वासन
- exile in Arabic
- نَفْي nafy, تَبْعِيد tabʕīd, مَنْفًى manfan, نَفَى nafā
- exile in Malay
- buangan, eksil
- exile in Indonesian
- pengasingan, eksil
- exile in Thai
- การเนรเทศ gaan-nee-rá-têet
- exile in Vietnamese
- lưu vong
- exile in Myanmar
- ပြည်နှင်ဒဏ် pranyhnangdan
Examples of exile in a sentence
- Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution.
- The family's exile was intended to stop them pretending to the throne.
- Those to avoid death ended up being exiled.
Synonyms of exile
Forms of exile
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | exiles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | exiles |
| present participle | exiling |
| past participle | exiled |
| past | exiled |
Origin of exile
From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).
Words formed from exile
Phrases with exile
Questions about exile
- What does exile mean?
- Exile means the state of being banished from one's home or country.
- What is exile in Hindi?
- Exile in Hindi is निर्वासित (nirvāsit), निर्वासन (nirvāsan), देशनिकाला (deśnikālā). See Exile meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is exile?
- Exile can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce exile?
- Exile is pronounced /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of exile?
- The plural of exile is exiles.
Words near exile in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: exile (page history and authors); exile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exile (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exile (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exile (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨਿਕਾਲ਼ਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); exile (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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