Antonyms for exile

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : eg-zahyl, ek-sahyl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛg zaɪl, ˈɛk saɪl

Definition of exile

Origin : c.1300, from Old French essillier "exile, banish, expel, drive off," from Late Latin exilare/exsilare, from Latin exilium/exsilium "banishment, exile," from exul "banished person," from ex- "away" (see ex-) + PIE root *al- "to wander" (cf. Greek alaomai "to wander, stray, or roam about"). Second element derived in ancient times by folk etymology from Latin solum "soil." Related: Exiled; exiling.

noun deportation from a place
noun person deported from a place
verb deport from place

Example sentences :

A vote was taken on the question of exile, and the black pebbles predominated.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

The best of his works is the Olympian Zeus, made at Elis after his exile.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

For each of the fallen wishes to feel that his exile is self-terminable.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

She remembered the bitterness of her month's exile, and its probable cause.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Miss Baker talked persistently about Bermuda; as if my exile had ever been a possibility!
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Madame, an exile is always triste: I think of my pauvre pays.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Very possibly, as the traitors are condemned to exile," replied Tilly.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

The universe is a God in exile who has nostalgia for himself.
Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet

To children whose home is a happy one, the exile to a school must be bitter.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Ulysses was for the time in exile, but the "day of return" was not far off.
Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Synonyms for exile

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