Meaning & use
exiled
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Sent away from one's own country or home, typically as a punishment or due to political circumstances.
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The former king was exiled after the revolution and never allowed to return.
She spent ten years exiled in a neighboring country before the new government let her come home.
A note on using this word
Also commonly used as an adjective, as in 'an exiled writer' or 'exiled leaders,' to describe someone living outside their homeland, often unwillingly.
Words with a similar meaning
banishedexpelled
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Words with an opposite meaning
repatriated
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