Definition of "exile" []

• Enforced removal from one's native country. (noun)
• Self-imposed absence from one's country. (noun)
• The condition or a period of living away from one's native country. (noun)
• One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence. (noun)
• To send into exile; banish. See Synonyms at banish. (verb-transitive)

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• "The Prophet said, _Islam began in exile and it will end in exile_. ""
• "The cheney presidency in exile is giving us a taste of what unfettered political power has to do when they attempt to defend their promotion of uncontrolled big business and profit taking during an unnecessary war of choice."
• "Palmer, a journalist, first learned about these witches in exile from a 2004 human rights report."