exile

exile

noun

Definition of EXILE

1

the forced removal from a homeland <the exile of French settlers from Nova Scotia resulted in the birth of the Cajun community in the U.S.>

Synonyms banishment, deportation, displacement, expatriation, expulsion, relegation

Related Words ostracism; extradition; diaspora, dispersion, scattering; emigration, migration; evacuation; ethnic cleansing, transportation; dispossession, ejection, ouster

Near Antonyms repatriation, return; immigration

2

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons <after being overthrown in a coup, the dictator spent the remainder of his life as an exile in a string of less-than-welcoming countries>

Synonyms deportee, evacuee, exile, expat [chiefly British], expatriate, refugee

Related Words alien, fugitive; castoff, outcast, pariah; loyalist, patriot