exile

 
Pronunciation: /ˈɛksʌɪl, ˈɛgz-/

noun

[mass noun]
  • the state of being barred from one’s native country, typically for political or punitive reasons: he knew now that he would die in exile
  • [count noun] a person who lives away from their native country, either from choice or compulsion: the return of political exiles

verb

[with object]
  • expel and bar (someone) from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons: a corrupt dictator who had been exiled from his country (as adjective exiled) supporters of the exiled King

Origin:

Middle English: the noun partly from Old French exil 'banishment' and partly from Old French exile 'banished person'; the verb from Old French exiler; all based on Latin exilium 'banishment', from exul 'banished person'