exile

Meanings

Noun

  • The state of being banished from one's home or country.
  • Someone who is banished from their home or country.

Verb

  • To send into exile.

Origin

  • From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium, derived from exsul, exul.

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