Exile
noun
The state of being sent away from one's home or country, usually by law.
He lived in exile in France for many years.
Often appears as...
- live in exile
- sent into exile
noun
A person who has been forced to leave their country or home.
The dictator was an exile in his own country.
Often appears as...
- political exile
- voluntary exile
verb
To force someone to leave their country or home, usually by law.
The king was exiled after the revolution.
Often appears as...
- exile someone to
- exile someone from
noun
The state of being sent away from one's home or country, usually by law.
He lived in exile in France for many years.
Often appears as...
- live in exile
- sent into exile
noun
A person who has been forced to leave their country or home.
The dictator was an exile in his own country.
Often appears as...
- political exile
- voluntary exile
verb
To force someone to leave their country or home, usually by law.
The king was exiled after the revolution.
Often appears as...
- exile someone to
- exile someone from
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Pro Tip 1/2Not Always Physical
Exile isn't always a physical location—it can also describe a feeling of being isolated or unwelcome.
Even at the party, he felt an exile among his colleagues.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Context
Understanding the historical context of exile can provide depth - famous figures have been exiled throughout history.
Napoleon's exile to Elba is a well-known event.
Pro Tip 1/2Not Always Physical
Exile isn't always a physical location—it can also describe a feeling of being isolated or unwelcome.
Even at the party, he felt an exile among his colleagues.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Context
Understanding the historical context of exile can provide depth - famous figures have been exiled throughout history.
Napoleon's exile to Elba is a well-known event.
Pro Tip 1/2Not Always Physical
Exile isn't always a physical location—it can also describe a feeling of being isolated or unwelcome.
Even at the party, he felt an exile among his colleagues.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Context
Understanding the historical context of exile can provide depth - famous figures have been exiled throughout history.
Napoleon's exile to Elba is a well-known event.
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Exploring other...
and even the insides of his friends, which is probably pretty awkward. Once the hapless square comes to terms with the third dimension, he begs his host to help him visit the fourth and higher dimensions, but the sphere bristles at the mere suggestion of dimensions higher than three and exiles the square back to Flatland.
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Are the illuminati real?...
While a public ban on something ostensibly secret might seem difficult to enforce, in this case it worked. Only nine years after its founding, the group dissolved, their records were seized, and Weishaupt forced into exile. The Illuminati would become more notorious in their afterlife
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The way we think about...
where they could do penance for their profit-making tendencies -- at five cents on the dollar. So of course, how could you make money in charity if charity was your penance for making money? Financial incentive was exiled from the realm of helping others,
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The philosophy of...
While many of the details of Diogenes’ life are shadowy, the philosophical ideas born out of his disgrace survive today. In exile, Diogenes decided that by rejecting the opinions of others and societal measures of success, he could be truly free.
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Jody Williams: A...
for the last year and a half. You ask her where she lives -- where does she live in exile? She says the airports of the world. She is traveling because she was out of the country at the time of the elections. And instead of going home,
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Shirin Neshat: Art in...
arrest, torture -- at times, execution. If you're living outside like me, you're faced with life in exile -- the pain of the longing and the separation from your loved ones and your family. Therefore, we don't find
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Tsar's Family Death PIPE...
rescue the Tsar the decision was made to Yakov giraffes key was the hardliner chosen by the local committee to take over command of the house of exile the guards known to have become affectionate
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Carl Joshua Ncube:...
leader like that would totally happen and and and so I am so afraid I'm so Frank I even you know when I travel like I'm on a world tour okay okay exile whatever you want to call it but I'm
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Meerkat Mother Exiles...
She won't let that happen. Klinky has driven four of her daughters out of her family. They watch forlornly from a safe distance. Life for them in exile is going to be tough.
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Top 5 Best Animal...
exile is going to be tough however brutal this seems pinky is prepared to go much further to protect her unborn pups if she needs to
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Exploring other...
and even the insides of his friends, which is probably pretty awkward. Once the hapless square comes to terms with the third dimension, he begs his host to help him visit the fourth and higher dimensions, but the sphere bristles at the mere suggestion of dimensions higher than three and exiles the square back to Flatland.
Video examples
Are the illuminati real?...
While a public ban on something ostensibly secret might seem difficult to enforce, in this case it worked. Only nine years after its founding, the group dissolved, their records were seized, and Weishaupt forced into exile. The Illuminati would become more notorious in their afterlife
Video examples
The way we think about...
where they could do penance for their profit-making tendencies -- at five cents on the dollar. So of course, how could you make money in charity if charity was your penance for making money? Financial incentive was exiled from the realm of helping others,
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The philosophy of...
While many of the details of Diogenes’ life are shadowy, the philosophical ideas born out of his disgrace survive today. In exile, Diogenes decided that by rejecting the opinions of others and societal measures of success, he could be truly free.
Video examples
Jody Williams: A...
for the last year and a half. You ask her where she lives -- where does she live in exile? She says the airports of the world. She is traveling because she was out of the country at the time of the elections. And instead of going home,
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Shirin Neshat: Art in...
arrest, torture -- at times, execution. If you're living outside like me, you're faced with life in exile -- the pain of the longing and the separation from your loved ones and your family. Therefore, we don't find
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Tsar's Family Death PIPE...
rescue the Tsar the decision was made to Yakov giraffes key was the hardliner chosen by the local committee to take over command of the house of exile the guards known to have become affectionate
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Carl Joshua Ncube:...
leader like that would totally happen and and and so I am so afraid I'm so Frank I even you know when I travel like I'm on a world tour okay okay exile whatever you want to call it but I'm
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Meerkat Mother Exiles...
She won't let that happen. Klinky has driven four of her daughters out of her family. They watch forlornly from a safe distance. Life for them in exile is going to be tough.
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Top 5 Best Animal...
exile is going to be tough however brutal this seems pinky is prepared to go much further to protect her unborn pups if she needs to
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George Papandreou
Greek Statesman
I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.
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Ariel Dorfman
Argentinian Novelist
I think to be in exile is a curse, and you need to turn it into a blessing. You've been thrown into exile to die, really, to silence you so that your voice cannot come home. And so my whole life has been dedicated to saying, 'I will not be silenced.
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Andy Garcia
American Actor
She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.
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Marc Wallice
American Actor
The world knows already, they just don't have a picture up there or I'll spend the rest of my life in exile. It's hard to do that when you don't have any money.
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James Salter
American Novelist
In a certain sense, a writer is an exile, an outsider, always reporting on things, and it is part of his life to keep on the move. Travel is natural.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Voltaire, as full of life as summer is full of blossoms, giving his ideas upon all subjects at the expense of prince and king, was exiled to England.
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Andre Aciman
American Writer
Losing his wealth, his home, the life he had built, killed my father. He didn't die right away; it took four decades of exile to finish him off.
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Willa Cather
American Author
Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything.
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Larry McMurtry
American Writer
One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider.
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Ursula K. Le Guin
American Writer
My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.
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George Papandreou
Greek Statesman
I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.
Quote examples
Ariel Dorfman
Argentinian Novelist
I think to be in exile is a curse, and you need to turn it into a blessing. You've been thrown into exile to die, really, to silence you so that your voice cannot come home. And so my whole life has been dedicated to saying, 'I will not be silenced.
Quote examples
Andy Garcia
American Actor
She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.
Quote examples
Marc Wallice
American Actor
The world knows already, they just don't have a picture up there or I'll spend the rest of my life in exile. It's hard to do that when you don't have any money.
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James Salter
American Novelist
In a certain sense, a writer is an exile, an outsider, always reporting on things, and it is part of his life to keep on the move. Travel is natural.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Voltaire, as full of life as summer is full of blossoms, giving his ideas upon all subjects at the expense of prince and king, was exiled to England.
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Andre Aciman
American Writer
Losing his wealth, his home, the life he had built, killed my father. He didn't die right away; it took four decades of exile to finish him off.
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Willa Cather
American Author
Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything.
Quote examples
Larry McMurtry
American Writer
One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider.
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Ursula K. Le Guin
American Writer
My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.
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