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Definition
to force someone to live outside of their homeland; or living in such a condition
or more rarely: voluntary absence from a place someone would rather be
or more rarely: voluntary absence from a place someone would rather be
- And for that offence
Immediately we do exile him hence.3.1 — Act 3 Scene 1 — A public Place (95% in)
exile = expel (force to live elsewhere)
- Ha, banishment? be merciful, say death;
For exile hath more terror in his look,
Much more than death; do not say banishment.3.3 — Act 3 Scene 3 — Friar Lawrence's cell (8% in) - Hence-banished is banish'd from the world,
And world's exile is death,—then banished
Is death mis-term'd: calling death banishment,
Thou cutt'st my head off with a golden axe,
And smil'st upon the stroke that murders me.3.3 — Act 3 Scene 3 — Friar Lawrence's cell (12% in) - And sayest thou yet that exile is not death!3.3 — Act 3 Scene 3 — Friar Lawrence's cell (24% in)
- The law, that threaten'd death, becomes thy friend,
And turns it to exile; there art thou happy:3.3 — Act 3 Scene 3 — Friar Lawrence's cell (81% in) - Alas, my liege, my wife is dead to-night;
Grief of my son's exile hath stopp'd her breath:
What further woe conspires against mine age?5.3 — Act 5 Scene 3 — A churchyard; in it a Monument.... (71% in)
exile = being forced to live elsewhere
exile = forced to live elsewhere
exile = being forced to live elsewhere
exile = being forced to live elsewhere
exile = being forced to live elsewhere
There are no more uses of "exile" in Romeo and Juliet.
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