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   Exile , n. [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr. exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil; ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil.  Cf. Sole of the foot, Saltation.]
   Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.
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   Let them be recalled from their exile.
   Shak.
   
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   The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.
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   Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay.
   Shak.
   Syn. -- Banishment; proscription; expulsion.
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   Exile  v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exiling.] To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away. “Exiled from eternal God.”  
   Tennyson.
   
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   Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
   Shak.
   Syn. -- See Banish.
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   Exile , a. [L. exilis.] Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.]  “An exile sound.”  
   Bacon.
   
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