exile

The state of having to live away from your home or country without being allowed to return.

• She spent ten years in exile.
• His exile ended after the war.
• They returned from exile with their children.

How to use it: in exile (The writer lived in exile for many years.)

Similar words: banishment

Common phrases: in exile, forced exile, exile from somewhere

Someone forced to leave their home or country and prevented from returning.

• He lived as an exile.
• The exiles hoped to return home.
• She met another exile from her country.

Similar words: outcast

Common phrases: political exile, an exile, exile from somewhere

To force someone to leave their home or country and forbid their return.

• The king exiled his rival.
• She was exiled from her homeland.
• The government exiled several opponents to a distant island.

How to use it: exile someone from somewhere (They exiled him from his country.); exile someone to somewhere (The ruler exiled her to an island.)

Similar words: banish, expel

Common phrases: exile someone, exile someone to somewhere, exile someone from somewhere