n. & v.
--n.
1. expulsion, or the state of being expelled, from one's native land or (internal exile) native town etc.
2 long absence abroad, esp. enforced.
3 a person expelled or long absent from his or her native country.
4 (the Exile) the captivity of the Jews in Babylon in the 6th c. BC.
--v.tr. (foll. by from) officially expel (a person) from his or her native country or town etc.
Derivatives:
exilic adj. (esp. in sense 4 of n.).
Etymology: ME f. OF exil, exiler f. L exilium banishment