Definitions for self-exile

self-exile self-ex·ile

Spelling: [self-eg-zahyl, -ek-sahyl, self-]
IPA: /ˈsɛlfˈɛg zaɪl, -ˈɛk saɪl, ˌsɛlf-/

Self-Exile is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in self-exile (-eeefillsx).

Definitions for self-exile

noun

  1. a state of exile imposed by oneself.
  2. a person who lives voluntarily as an exile.

Origin of self-exile

First recorded in 1820-30

Examples for self-exile

So, it is difficult for me to understand why you speak of Abraham as "a self-exile for conscience sake."

And Shakespeare had oft-times felt this anxiety during the time his self-exile lasted.

She contemplated her self-exile from her friends with small joy.

The Archduke John espoused the popular side, and the result was the self-exile of the Prince.

The girl wondered, often, the cause of that self-exile, but no word or sign gave her any clew.

His four years' self-exile in Europe, I am told, was a humiliating banishment from the loyal and patriotic.

More than once, since her self-exile from her companions, Jerry had thought of this.

Word Value for self-exile
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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