Definition of exile

• n. - 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.
• n. - The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.
• v. t. - To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away.
• a. - Small; slender; thin; fine.