Dictionary definition · exile
noun
- a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country"American expatriates"
- a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
- the act of expelling a person from their native land"men in exile dream of hope"
verb
- expel from a country"The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).