EXILE

[noun] - the condition of someone being sent or kept away from their own country, village, etc., esp. for political reasons, or the person who is sent or kept awayThe Dalai Lama went into exile in 1959 because of the political situation in his own country. [U]The deposed leaders are currently in exile in the neighbouring country. [U]After many years of exile thousands of families will now be able to return to their homeland. [U]The island is a haven for tax exiles (= people who leave their own country because they think they pay too much tax there). [C]