exile

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
  2. noun a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
  3. noun the act of expelling a person from their native land

Etymology

From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

expatriate, expat

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