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Exile

/ˈɛˌɡzaɪl/
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(noun) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

The exile yearned for his home.
The criminal was sent into exile.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The fallen leader was forced into ____ in a foreign country for the remainder of his life.

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