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Exile

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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Broader term 7

Absentee 76% connected

One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where hi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Alien 76% connected

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shore…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Banishment 76% connected

The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

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Expel 76% connected

To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

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Foreigner 76% connected

A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalize…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outlander 76% connected

A foreigner.

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Proscription 76% connected

The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refugee 76% connected

One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.

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Deliver 74% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deliver 74% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Expatriate 74% connected

To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Expatriate 74% connected

To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

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Expatriation 74% connected

The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Expatriation 74% connected

The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Deport 92% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deportation 92% connected

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Expatriate 92% connected

To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Expatriation 92% connected

The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Transportation 92% connected

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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