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exile

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK, US: /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/
  • UK, US: /ˈɛkˌsaɪl/
  • obsolete: /ɪɡˈzaɪl/ for the verb
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  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 G Z AY2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being banished from one's home or country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • He lived in exile.
  • They chose exile rather than assimilation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: banishment

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone who is banished from his home or country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • She lived as an exile, and did her best to make the most out of such life.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expatriate, émigré

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To send (someone or something) into exile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: banish, forban, expatriate

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of expelling a person from their native land

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deportation, expatriation, transportation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: banishment, proscription

Narrower terms: Babylonian Captivity

5

noun

Meaning 5

a person who is expelled from home or country by authority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deportee

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander

6

noun

Meaning 6

a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • American expatriates

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expatriate, expat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: absentee

Narrower terms: refugee, remittance man

7

verb

Meaning 7

expel from a country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expatriate, deport

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expel, throw out, kick out

History

Etymology

From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).

Across languages

Translations

311 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mërgim — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Albanian: internim — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Southern Altai: сӱрӱп салар (sürüp salar) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Southern Altai: ссылка (ssïlka) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Southern Altai: айду (aydu) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Southern Altai: аткарары (atkararï) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Southern Altai: ийери (iyeri) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Southern Altai: сӱрӱп ийери (sürüp iyeri) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Arabic: نَفْي (nafy) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Arabic: تَبْعِيد (tabʕīd) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Arabic: مَنْفًى (manfan) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Aramaic: גלותא — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Armenian: աքսոր (akʻsor) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Armenian: աքսորում (akʻsorum) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Asturian: exiliu — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Asturian: estierru — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Asturian: destierru — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Asturian: esterredu — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Azerbaijani: sürgün — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Bashkir: һөргөн (hörgön) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Belarusian: выгна́нне (vyhnánnje) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Belarusian: выгна́ньне (vyhnánʹnje) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Belarusian: засла́нне (zaslánnje) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Belarusian: засла́ньне (zaslánʹnje) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Bengali: নির্বাসন (nirbaśon) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Bulgarian: изгна́ние (izgnánie) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Bulgarian: заточе́ние (zatočénie) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Burmese: ပြည်နှင်ဒဏ် (pranyhnangdan) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Catalan: exili — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Catalan: bandejament — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Catalan: desterrament — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流亡 (liúwáng) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放逐 (fàngzhú) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流放 (liúfàng) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Czech: vyhnanství — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Czech: exil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Danish: eksil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Dutch: ballingschap — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Dutch: verbanning — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Esperanto: ekzilo — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Estonian: eksiil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Estonian: maapagu — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Finnish: maanpako — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Finnish: maanpakolaisuus — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • French: exil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Galician: exilio — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Galician: desterro — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Georgian: გაძევება (gaʒeveba) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Georgian: განდევნა (gandevna) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • German: Exil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • German: Verbannung — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Greek: εξορία (exoría) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Ancient Greek: ἐξορία (exoría) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Hebrew: גָּלוּת (galút) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Hebrew: גּוֹלָה (golá) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Hindi: निर्वासन (nirvāsan) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Hindi: देशनिकाला (deśnikālā) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Hungarian: száműzés — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Hungarian: száműzetés — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Icelandic: útlegð — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Indonesian: pengasingan — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Indonesian: eksil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Irish: deoraíocht — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Italian: esilio — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Japanese: 亡命 (bōmei) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Japanese: 追放 (tsuihō) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Kazakh: айдалу (aidalu) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Kazakh: қуғын (quğyn) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Kazakh: сүргін (sürgın) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Khmer: ការនិរទេស (kaa niteih) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Korean: 망명 (mangmyeong) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Korean: 추방 (chubang) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Northern Kurdish: sirgûn — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Kyrgyz: сүргүн (sürgün) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Lao: ການເນລະເທດ (kān nē la thēt) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Latin: exsilium — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Latin: ablēgātiō — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Latvian: trimda — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Latvian: izraidījums — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Lithuanian: tremtis — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Macedonian: изгнанство (izgnanstvo) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Macedonian: прогонство (progonstvo) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Macedonian: егзил (egzil) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Malay: buangan — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Malay: eksil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Maltese: eżilju — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Manx: joarreeaght — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Manx: joarreeys — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Māori: whakapakotanga — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Mongolian: цөллөг (cöllög) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eksil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utlendighet — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forvising — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eksil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Occitan: exili — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Old English: wræc — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Iranian Persian: تَبْعید (tab'id) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Polish: uchodźstwo — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Polish: wygnanie — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Polish: banicja — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Polish: zesłanie — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Portuguese: exílio — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Portuguese: desterro — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Romanian: exil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Romanian: exilare — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Russian: ссы́лка (ssýlka) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Russian: изгна́ние (izgnánije) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: изгна̀нство — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: про̀го̄нство — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѐгзӣл — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝзгон — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: izgnànstvo — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: prògōnstvo — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: ègzīl — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìzgon — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Slovak: vyhnanstvo — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Slovak: exil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Slovene: pregnanstvo — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Slovene: izgnanstvo — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Slovene: izgon — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Spanish: exilio — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Spanish: destierro — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Swedish: exil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Swedish: landsflykt — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Tajik: бадарға (badarġa) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Tajik: табъид (tab'id) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Tatar: сөрген (sörgen) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Thai: การเนรเทศ (gaan-nee-rá-têet) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Turkish: sürgün — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Turkish: ihraç — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Ottoman Turkish: اخراج (ihrâc) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Turkmen: sürgün — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Ukrainian: вигна́ння (vyhnánnja) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Ukrainian: засла́ння (zaslánnja) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Ukrainian: екзи́ль (ekzýlʹ) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Ukrainian: екзи́л (ekzýl) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Urdu: جَلا وَطَنی (jalā vatanī) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Urdu: تَبْعِید (tab'īd) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Uyghur: سۈرگۈن (sürgün) — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Uzbek: surgun — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Vietnamese: lưu vong — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Volapük: xil — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Welsh: alltudiaeth — the state of being banished from one's home or country
  • Albanian: internuar — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Albanian: internuare — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Southern Altai: сӱрдӱрген кижи (sürdürgen kiži) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Southern Altai: јеринеҥ сӱрдӱрген кижи (ǰerineŋ sürdürgen kiži) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Armenian: աքսորյալ (akʻsoryal) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Azerbaijani: sürgün — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Bashkir: һөрөлгән кеше (hörölgən keşe) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Belarusian: выгна́ннік (vyhnánnik) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Belarusian: выгна́нніца (vyhnánnica) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Belarusian: выгна́ньнік (vyhnánʹnik) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Belarusian: выгна́ньніца (vyhnánʹnica) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Bulgarian: изгна́ник (izgnánik) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Bulgarian: изгна́ница (izgnánica) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Bulgarian: изгна́ничка (izgnánička) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Bulgarian: зато́ченик (zatóčenik) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Bulgarian: зато́ченица (zatóčenica) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Bulgarian: зато́ченичка (zatóčenička) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Catalan: exiliat — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Catalan: exiliada — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Catalan: bandejat — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流亡者 (liúwángzhe) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 被放逐者 (bèifàngzhúzhě) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Czech: vyhnanec — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Czech: vyhnankyně — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Czech: exulant — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Czech: exulantka — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Danish: udlændighed — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Danish: eksil — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Dutch: banneling — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Esperanto: ekzilulo — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Estonian: maapagulane — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Estonian: pagendatu — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Estonian: väljasaadetu — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Finnish: maanpakolainen — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • French: exilé — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • West-Frisian: balling — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Georgian: გაძევებული (gaʒevebuli) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • German: Exilant — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • German: Exilantin — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • German: Verbannter — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Greek: εξόριστος (exóristos) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Hebrew: גּוֹלֶה (golé) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Hebrew: גּוֹלָה (golá) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Hindi: निर्वासित (nirvāsit) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Hungarian: száműzött — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Icelandic: útlagi — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Irish: deoraí — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Italian: esiliato — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Italian: esule — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Japanese: 亡命者 (bōmeisha) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Kazakh: қуғындалушы (quğyndaluşy) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Korean: 망명자 (mangmyeongja) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Latin: exsul — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Latvian: trimdinieks — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Latvian: izraidītais — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Lithuanian: tremtinys — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Macedonian: изгнаник (izgnanik) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Macedonian: изгнаница (izgnanica) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Manx: eebyrtagh — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Manx: fogaragh — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Manx: skeayltagh — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: landflyktig — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flyktning — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: landflyktig — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flyktning — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Old English: wreċċa — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Iranian Persian: تَبْعیدی (tab'idi) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Iranian Persian: جَلاوَطَن (jalâvatan) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Polish: wygnaniec — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Polish: wygnanka — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Polish: banita — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Polish: banitka — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Portuguese: exilado — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Portuguese: degredado — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Romanian: exilat — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Russian: ссы́льный (ssýlʹnyj) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Russian: ссы́льная (ssýlʹnaja) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Russian: изгна́нник (izgnánnik) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Russian: изгна́нница (izgnánnica) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Scottish Gaelic: deòradh — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Scottish Gaelic: eilthireach — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìzgnanīk — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìzgnanica — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: prògnanīk — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Serbo-Croatian: prògnanica — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Slovak: vyhnanec — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Slovak: vyhnankyňa — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Slovene: izgnanec — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Slovene: izgnanka — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Spanish: exiliado — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Spanish: desterrado — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Swedish: landsflykting — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Tajik: бадарғашуда (badarġašuda) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Tibetan: བཙན་བྱོལ་བ (btsan byol ba) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Turkish: sürgün — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Ukrainian: вигна́нець (vyhnánecʹ) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Ukrainian: вигна́ниця (vyhnánycja) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Urdu: جَلا وَطَن (jalā vatan) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Urdu: تَبْعِیدی (tab'īdī) — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Uzbek: surgun — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Volapük: xiläb — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Welsh: alltud — someone who is banished from one's home or country
  • Arabic: نَفَى (nafā) — to send into exile
  • Asturian: exiliar — to send into exile
  • Asturian: esterrar — to send into exile
  • Asturian: desterrar — to send into exile
  • Asturian: esterredar — to send into exile
  • Azerbaijani: sürgün etmək — to send into exile
  • Azerbaijani: sürmək — to send into exile
  • Azerbaijani: sürdürmək — to send into exile
  • Belarusian: высыла́ць (vysylácʹ) — to send into exile
  • Belarusian: вы́слаць (výslacʹ) — to send into exile
  • Bulgarian: заточавам (zatočavam) — to send into exile
  • Catalan: exiliar — to send into exile
  • Catalan: bandejar — to send into exile
  • Catalan: desterrar — to send into exile
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流放 (liúfàng) — to send into exile
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放逐 (fàngzhú) — to send into exile
  • Dalmatian: esiljur — to send into exile
  • Danish: forvise — to send into exile
  • Dutch: verbannen — to send into exile
  • Esperanto: ekzili — to send into exile
  • Finnish: karkottaa — to send into exile
  • Finnish: ajaa maanpakoon — to send into exile
  • French: exiler — to send into exile
  • Galician: exiliar — to send into exile
  • Galician: desterrar — to send into exile
  • German: ins Exil schicken — to send into exile
  • German: exilieren — to send into exile
  • Greek: εξορίζω (exorízo) — to send into exile
  • Ancient Greek: ἐξορίζω (exorízō) — to send into exile
  • Hebrew: הִגְלָה (higlá) — to send into exile
  • Hebrew: גָּלָה (galá) — to send into exile
  • Hindi: निर्वासन (nirvāsan) — to send into exile
  • Hungarian: száműz — to send into exile
  • Irish: ionnarb — to send into exile
  • Irish: díbir — to send into exile
  • Italian: esiliare — to send into exile
  • Latin: exsulo — to send into exile
  • Latvian: izraidīt — to send into exile
  • Luxembourgish: exiléieren — to send into exile
  • Manx: eebyrt — to send into exile
  • Manx: eebree — to send into exile
  • Māori: whakapako — to send into exile
  • Norwegian: forvise — to send into exile
  • Occitan: exiliar — to send into exile
  • Occitan: faidir — to send into exile
  • Occitan: fòrabandir — to send into exile
  • Polish: wygnać — to send into exile
  • Polish: banitować — to send into exile
  • Portuguese: exilar — to send into exile
  • Portuguese: desterrar — to send into exile
  • Romanian: exila — to send into exile
  • Russian: вы́сылать (výsylatʹ) — to send into exile
  • Russian: вы́слать (výslatʹ) — to send into exile
  • Spanish: exiliar — to send into exile
  • Spanish: desterrar — to send into exile
  • Spanish: proscribir — to send into exile
  • Spanish: trasterrar — to send into exile
  • Swedish: landsförvisa — to send into exile
  • Swedish: exilera — to send into exile
  • Tibetan: ཡུལ་བྱོལ་བྱེད (yul byol byed) — to send into exile
  • Tibetan: རྒྱང་འབུད་གཏོང (rgyang 'bud gtong) — to send into exile
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوغمق (koğmak, kovmak) — to send into exile
  • Ukrainian: висила́ти (vysyláty) — to send into exile
  • Ukrainian: ви́слати (výslaty) — to send into exile
  • Welsh: alltudio — to send into exile
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