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self-exiled

adjective self-ex·iled \ ˌself-ˈeg-ˌzī(-ə)ld , -ˈek-ˌsī(-ə)ld \
|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

Definition of self-exiled

: exiled by one's own wish or decision

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