Exile

Ex'ile (ēks'īl), n. [Lat. exilium, exsilium, banishment from one's native soil, from exsul, one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil, from ex, out, and solum, ground, land, soil; Fr. exil, Sp. exilio, It. esilio, esiglio.] 1. Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, more loosely, voluntary separation from one's land. Let them be recalled from their exile. Shak. 2. The person banished or expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home. Thou art an exile, and must not stay. Shak. Syn.—Banishment; proscription; expulsion.