Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exile \Ex*ile"\, a. [L. exilis.]
   Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] ``An exile sound.''
   --Bacon.

Exile \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.

Exile \Ex"ile\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.

         Calling home our exiled friends abroad.  --Shak.

   Syn: See {Banish}.

Source : WordNet®

exile
     n 1: voluntarily absent from home or country [syn: {expatriate}]
     2: expelled from home or country by authority [syn: {deportee}]
     3: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men
        in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal
        colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the
        sentence was one of transportation for life" [syn: {deportation},
         {expatriation}, {transportation}]
     v : expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed
         a letter protesting the government's actions" [syn: {expatriate},
          {deport}] [ant: {repatriate}]