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- pronunciation:
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zaIl
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saIl
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
prolonged separation from one's country, home, or loved ones.
The need to find a better job drove him into exile.- synonyms:
- estrangement, expatriation
- similar words:
- isolation, parting, separation
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| definition 2: |
one who is separated from his country, home, or loved ones.
Because of her anger she became an exile.- synonyms:
- emigré, expatriate
- similar words:
- alien, displaced person, foreigner, outcast, refugee, stranger
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| definition 3: |
a decree of expulsion; banishment.
His horrible crime resulted in exile.- synonyms:
- banishment, expatriation, expulsion
- similar words:
- deportation, ostracism
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| definition 4: |
the state of being expelled or the term of expulsion; ten years in exile.
- synonyms:
- banishment, expatriation, expulsion
- similar words:
- deportation, ostracism
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| related words: |
exclusion, ouster, outlaw |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
exiles, exiling, exiled |
| definition 1: |
to remove from one's home, country, or loved ones.
- synonyms:
- bar, exclude, ostracize
- similar words:
- banish, deport, expel, oust, run out, shun, uproot
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| definition 2: |
to banish by decree, as for punishment of a crime.
- synonyms:
- banish, deport, expatriate
- similar words:
- expel, ostracize, oust, transport
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| related words: |
bar, blackball, blacklist, displace, outlaw |
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| derivation: |
exilic (adj.) |
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