Exile (Noun)
Meaning 1
A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The writer lived as an exile in Paris for many years, never returning to her homeland.
- After being accused of treason, the former politician was forced into exile in a foreign land.
- The artist's decision to live in exile was motivated by her desire to escape the commercialism of her native country.
- Many artists and intellectuals have chosen to live in exile in order to pursue their creative endeavors freely.
- The musician's decision to live in exile was a deliberate choice to distance himself from the fame and fortune that had become suffocating.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
A person who is expelled from home or country by authority.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The poet was forced into exile by the government for speaking out against its policies.
- In ancient times, a nobleman was declared an exile by the king for his role in the rebellion.
- The author's novel tells the story of a woman who was sent into exile for her outspoken criticism of the ruling regime.
- The dissident was granted asylum in a foreign country after being declared an exile by his home government.
- After being declared an exile, the young musician struggled to find work and start a new life in a foreign land.