exile

²exile

verb

ex·iledex·il·ing

Definition of EXILE

transitive verb

: to banish or expel from one's own country or home

Examples of EXILE

1. <with their conquest of the Moors complete, Ferdinand and Isabella next exiled the Jews from Spain>

First Known Use of EXILE

14th century

Related to EXILE

Synonyms: deport, displace, banish, expatriate, relegate, transport

Related Words: cast out, dismiss, eject, eliminate, evict, exclude, expel, expulse, kick out, oust, run out, throw out; excommunicate, ostracize, reject, repudiate, spurn; dispossess

Near Antonyms: naturalize, repatriate; accept, admit, receive, take in; entertain, harbor, house, shelter

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See Synonym Discussion at banish

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with EXILE

abseil, air mile, bass viol, black bile, Blue Nile, decile, erstwhile, Fair Isle, field trial, gentile, high style, hostile, lifestyle, meanwhile, motile, nail file, New Style, old style, Old Style, on file, profile, redial, reptile, show trial, stockpile, time trial