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Meanings of exile in English

Portuguese
deportação
Catalan
exili
Spanish
exilio

The act of expelling a person from his native land.

deportação
Portuguese
expatriado
Catalan
exiliat

A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country.

expatriado
Portuguese
exilado
Catalan
deportat

A person who is expelled from home or country by authority.

exilado
Portuguese
desterrar
Catalan
exiliar

Expel from a country.

desterrar
Usage of exile in English
1
The long years of exile had at least given her tactical sense.
Crown of Slaves
2
It was exile within exile; for miles meant something in these times.
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 / F...
3
Liberia's previous president was indicted for war crimes and forced into exile.
The Irish Times
4
He had been forced to seek exile in his home last week.
News.com.au
5
The people are in exile in the land of the Chaldeans, xlvii.
Introduction to the Old Testament
6
Among his first initiatives was to try to form a transnational government-in-exile.
Reuters
7
It was a life of hardship; of social starvation almost like exile.
Sketches from Concord and Appledore / Concord thirty years ago; ...
8
And I still consider myself the president of the government in exile.
Snow Crash
9
She was fired by Mr Maduro last year and went into exile.
BBC
10
Trying her best to assimilate, to come to terms with her exile.
Edge of Infinity
11
South Africans living in exile in Britain experienced the Thatcher years first-hand.
The Guardian
12
His party has suffered splits since his return from exile in 2000.
Reuters
13
By 1998 he had even left Senegal for brief exile in France.
Reuters
14
Byrne follows their regime of terror, corruption and excess, to their exile.
The Guardian
15
Several Republican Representatives were workmen; they have again become workmen in exile.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
16
But campaigners said an entire community has been collectively punished with exile.
Reuters
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Common
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