| VERB | social | exile, expatriate, deport | expel from a country |
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| NOUN | person | exile, expatriate, expat | a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country |
| person | exile, deportee | a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | |
| act | exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation | the act of expelling a person from their native land |
| Sounds | eh'gzay.l; eh'ksay.l | |
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| Rhymes | aisle ... worthwhile: 64 rhymes with ayl... | |
| Meaning | A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country. | |
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| Synonyms | expatriate, expat | |
| Narrower | refugee | An exile who flees for safety |
| remittance man | An exile living on money sent from home / home | |
| Broader | absentee | One that is absent or not in residence |
| Spanish | exiliado, expatriado | |
| Catalan | exiliat, expatriat | |
| Meaning | A person who is expelled from home or country by authority. | |
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| Synonym | deportee | |
| Broader | foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander | A person who comes from a foreign country |
| Spanish | deportado | |
| Catalan | deportat | |
| Adjectives | exilic | of or relating to a period of exile (especially the exile of the Jews known as the Babylonian Captivity) |
| Verbs | exile | expel from a country |
| Meaning | The act of expelling a person from their native land. | |
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| Example | "men in exile dream of hope" | |
| Synonyms | deportation, expatriation, transportation | |
| Instances | Babylonian Captivity | The deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC |
| Broader | banishment, proscription | rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |
| Spanish | deportación, exiliado, exilio, expatriación | |
| Catalan | deportació, exili, expatriació | |
| Adjectives | exilic | of or relating to a period of exile (especially the exile of the Jews known as the Babylonian Captivity) |
| Verbs | exile | expel from a country |
| Meaning | Expel from a country. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions" | |
| Synonyms | expatriate, deport | |
| Broader | expel, throw out, kick out | Force to leave or move out |
| Opposite | repatriate | Admit back into the country |
| Spanish | deportar, desterrar, exilar, exiliar, expulsar | |
| Catalan | deportar, desterrar, exilar, exiliar | |
| Nouns | exile | the act of expelling a person from their native land |
| exile | a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | |
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