Exile - Definition

n 1: a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country;
"American expatriates" [syn: exile, expatriate,
expat]
2: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
[syn: exile, deportee]
3: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in
exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony";
"the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one
of transportation for life" [syn: exile, deportation,
expatriation, transportation]
v 1: expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he
signed a letter protesting the government's actions" [syn:
expatriate, deport, exile] [ant: repatriate]