eg’zile. [L. exilium, exul; The word is probably compounded of ex and a root in

Banishment; the state of being expelled from one’s native country or place of residence by authority, and forbid to return, either for a limited time or for perpetuity.

An abandonment of one’s country, or removal to a foreign country for residence, through fear, disgust or resentment, or for any cause distinct from business, is called a voluntary exile, as is also a separation from one’s country and friends by distress or necessity.

The person banished, or expelled from his country by authority; also, one who abandons his country and resides in another; or one who is separated from his country and friends by necessity.

To banish, as a person from his country or from a particular jurisdiction by authority, with a prohibition of return; to drive away, expel or transport from one’s country.

To drive from one’s country by misfortune, necessity or distress. To exile one’s self, is to quit one’s country with a view not to return .

eg’zil, Slender; thin; fine.