exile
/ˈɛgzaɪl/
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Definitions
Noun
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates"
Noun
a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
Noun
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"
Verb
expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government''s actions"