expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.

the fact or state of such expulsion

to live in exile.

a person banished from his or her native land.

prolonged separation from one's country or home, as by force of circumstances

wartime exile.

anyone separated from his or her country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances.

the Exile, the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, 597?538 b.c.

to expel or banish (a person) from his or her country; expatriate.

to separate from country, home, etc.

Disagreements exiled him from his family.

verb

import , take in , welcome

noun

banishment , diaspora , dispersion , displacement , exclusion , expatriation , expulsion , extradition , migration , ostracism , proscription , relegation , scattering , separation , deportee , displaced person , dp , migr , expatriate , expellee , fugitive , nonperson , outcast , outlaw , person without country , refugee , deportation , transportation , fugitivity

verb

banish , cast out , displace , dispossess , drive out , eject , evacuate , expatriate , expel , expulse , extradite , ostracize , oust , outlaw , proscribe , relegate , transport , turn out , deport , banishment , dp , expulsion , forbid , fugitive , nonperson , outcast , refugee