Synonyms for exile
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : eg-zahyl, ek-sahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛg zaɪl, ˈɛk saɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for exile Other synonyms for the word exile
- banishment
- cast out
- deportee
- diaspora
- dispersion
- displaced person
- displacement
- dispossess
- DP
- eject
- émigré
- exclusion
- expatriation
- expellee
- expulse
- expulsion
- extradition
- migration
- nonperson
- ostracism
- outcast
- outlaw
- person without country
- proscribe
- proscription
- refugee
- relegate
- relegation
- scattering
- separation
- transport
- turn out
Définition of exile
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French essillier "exile, banish, expel, drive off," from Late Latin exilare/exsilare, from Latin exilium/exsilium "banishment, exile," from exul "banished person," from ex- "away" (see ex-) + PIE root *al- "to wander" (cf. Greek alaomai "to wander, stray, or roam about"). Second element derived in ancient times by folk etymology from Latin solum "soil." Related: Exiled; exiling.
- noun deportation from a place
- noun person deported from a place
- verb deport from place
- A vote was taken on the question of exile, and the black pebbles predominated.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- The best of his works is the Olympian Zeus, made at Elis after his exile.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- For each of the fallen wishes to feel that his exile is self-terminable.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- She remembered the bitterness of her month's exile, and its probable cause.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Miss Baker talked persistently about Bermuda; as if my exile had ever been a possibility!
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Madame, an exile is always triste: I think of my pauvre pays.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- "Very possibly, as the traitors are condemned to exile," replied Tilly.
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- The universe is a God in exile who has nostalgia for himself.
- Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
- To children whose home is a happy one, the exile to a school must be bitter.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- Ulysses was for the time in exile, but the "day of return" was not far off.
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Antonyms for exile
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