noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK, US:/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/
UK, US:/ˈɛkˌsaɪl/
obsolete:/ɪɡˈzaɪl/for the verb
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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
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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
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