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exile

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ˈeg-ˌzī(-ə)l, ˈek-ˌsī(-ə)l\
    • /ˈek.saɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ˈeg-ˌzī(-ə)l, ˈek-ˌsī(-ə)l\

Definitions of exile word

  • noun exile The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons. 1
  • noun exile expulsion from country 1
  • transitive verb exile expel from country 1
  • noun exile sb expelled from country 1
  • noun exile sb living abroad 1
  • uncountable noun exile If someone is living in exile, they are living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons. 0
See all 21 definitions of exile

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Parts of speech for Exile

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Exile

exile popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for exile

verb exile

  • banish — If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
  • send away — dismiss
  • deport — If a government deports someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there.
  • cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
  • separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.

noun exile

  • banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
  • deportation — the act of expelling an alien from a country; expulsion
  • separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
  • ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
  • diaspora — the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine
All 37 Synonyms of exile

Antonyms for exile

verb exile

  • allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
  • hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • permit — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
  • welcome — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.

noun exile

  • inclusion — the act of including.
  • welcoming — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
All 9 Antonyms of exile

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