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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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