Associations to the word «Exile»
Noun
Wiktionary
EXILE, noun. The state of being banished from one's home or country.
EXILE, noun. Someone who is banished from one's home or country.
EXILE, verb. (transitive) To send into exile.
Dictionary definition
EXILE, noun. A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates".
EXILE, noun. A person who is expelled from home or country by authority.
EXILE, 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".
EXILE, verb. Expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.