exile meaning and definition

EXILE noun

Definition of exile (noun)

1. a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
   • "American expatriates"
   • synonyms: expat, expatriate
2. a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
   • synonyms: deportee
3. 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"
   • synonyms: deportation, expatriation, transportation

EXILE verb

Definition of exile (verb)

1. expel from a country
   • "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"
   • synonyms: deport, expatriate
   • antonym: repatriate