<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree</li><li>the fact or state of expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree: She had to live in exile</li><li>a person banished from their native land</li><li>prolonged separation from one's country or home, such as by force of circumstances: Many will suffer wartime exile</li><li>anyone separated from their country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances</li><li>the Exile, the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, 597–538 B.C.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>exiled</li><li>exiling</li><li>to expel or banish (a person) from their country; expatriate</li><li>to separate from country, home, etc.: Disagreements exiled him from his family</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>deport</li><li>eject</li><li>evict</li></ul>