exile
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈɛksaɪl/
:
exiliado
- Throughout most of this exile, Hirsi Ali experienced the strict Saudi form of Islam.
- return from exile
- live in exile
- exiles and refugees
Like that was a mob hotel where exiles and CIA guys would meet, right?
- Like that was a mob hotel where exiles and CIA guys would meet, right?
- We could shoot at, you know, rafts of Cuban exiles, you know, trying to float their way to freedom.
- I've mentioned this internal feuding and the creation of exiles.
- So the Jews in exile established a culture which they brought back to Jerusalem, having been freed.
- That was, there's the Exiles where they're almost like me and Meek was like good friends.
Examples
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Last year, I accompanied five trucks of refugees returning from exile in Uganda to southern Sudan.
Academic text (2008) -
We keep a close eye on Cuban exile organizations.
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Some have been in exile for two years or two decades.
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But an exile is an exile in a new place from an other community.
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So the Jews in exile established a culture which they brought back to Jerusalem, having been freed.
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He is now an exile in England.
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While I was there, I met a very prominent Vietnamese living in exile in New Jersey.
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Now a scorned exile without funds, he had thrown caution to the winds once again.
Academic text (2011) -
Cyrus famously allowed the Jews to return from Babylon after their exile and rebuild their temple in Jerusalem.
Academic text (2011) -
The writer lived in exile for many years after criticizing the government.
Synonyms
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2.5
A person who moves to another country to live there for a long time
543
3.5
A person who must leave their country to escape war, danger, or disaster
201
3.3
A person from another country who is not a citizen where they live
181
3.5
A person who moves to another country or region to find work
170
2.5
A person from a different country who is not a citizen
19
6.2
A person who lives in a country that is not their own
16
5.5
A person who lives in another country by choice
10
5.3
A person forced to leave their home or country because it is not safe
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8.8
A person from another country who is not part of the local community
6
3.8
A person who leaves their country to live in another country
5
8.6
A person who left their country to live in another, often for political reasons
4
7.2
A person who is forced to leave a country and sent back to their home country
A person who lives away from their homeland
A person forced to leave their country, often for political or legal reasons
A person who leaves their country to live in another country
A person who leaves their country to live in another country
A person who moves to another region or country to live for a short time
A person living abroad who receives regular money from their family back home
Compounds
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7.4
A temporary group of leaders who live outside their country and plan to return to lead it
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8.8
Living apart from others inside your own country because people reject you or to avoid harm
How Voluntary
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word exile for a person also comes from the part ex- meaning 'out', like in exit. An exile is literally someone who has been sent 'out' from their homeland, so the word means a person living away from their country.