self-exile — /sɛlf ˈɛgzaɪl/ (say self egzuyl) noun the condition of a person who is no longer part of a population, group, etc., as a result of a personal decision to move away from it: he chose self exile on Capri. –self exiled, adjective …
self-exile — self exiled, adj. /self eg zuyl, ek suyl, self /, n. 1. a state of exile imposed by oneself. 2. a person who lives voluntarily as an exile. [1820 30] * * * … Universalium
self-exile — self exiled, adj. /self eg zuyl, ek suyl, self /, n. 1. a state of exile imposed by oneself. 2. a person who lives voluntarily as an exile. [1820 30] … Useful english dictionary
self-exile — act of banishing oneself; one banished by his or her own choice or will … English contemporary dictionary
self-ex|ile — «SEHLF EHG zyl, EHK syl», noun. 1. voluntary exile: »to live in self exile. 2. a self exiled person … Useful english dictionary
Self — Self, n.; pl. {Selves}. 1. The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Exile — multipleissues refimprove = May 2007 laundry = January 2008Exile means to be away from one s home (i.e. city, state or country) while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened by prison or death upon return. It… … Wikipedia
self-exiled — See self exile. * * * … Universalium
exile — [ek′sīl΄, eg′zīl΄] n. [ME & OFr exil < L exilium < exul, an exile, one banished < ex , out + IE base * al , to wander aimlessly > Gr alaomai, I wander, am banished] 1. a prolonged living away from one s country, community, etc.,… … English World dictionary
self-imposed — self im posed adj [usually before noun] a self imposed rule, duty etc is one that you have made for yourself, and which no one has asked you to accept ▪ She spent five years in self imposed exile in Bolivia … Dictionary of contemporary English
