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Meaning of exile

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  exile
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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