Ex″ile (?), 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.] 1. 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.
Let them be recalled from their exile. Shak.
2. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.
Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay. Shak.
Syn. — Banishment; proscription; expulsion.