1 [U,sing.] the state of being sent to live in another country that is not your own, especially for political reasons or as a punishment:
to be / live in exile * to be forced / sent into exile * to go into exile * a place of exile * He returned after 40 years of exile.
2 [C] a person who chooses, or is forced to live away from his or her own country:
political exiles * a tax exile (= a rich person who moves to another country where taxes are lower)
verb [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sb (from...) to force sb to leave their country, especially for political reasons or as a punishment; to send sb into exile:
the party's exiled leaders * an American, exiled from his homeland
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is exile a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, exile is tagged as noun.
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