English words for 'Characterized by self-exile.'
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verb
noun
- (countable) A voluntary exile; One who chooses to leave their homeland or community.
- (uncountable) The state of voluntary exile; The condition of choosing to leave one's homeland or community.
- (uncountable) Isolation from the world; A retreat from involvement with one's environment.
- (uncountable) A separation or alienation from ones inner self.
noun
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.
- (transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
- (intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
- expel from a country
- move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
adj
noun
- an exile who flees for safety
- (derogatory, by extension) A person who is fleeing from justice, punishment deemed righteous, etc.; a runaway, a fugitive.
- (attributive, also figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc.
verb
verb
- (transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
- (transitive, figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
- Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
- (sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
- Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
- Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
- Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
- (transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
- refer to another person for decision or judgment
- assign to a class or kind
- expel, as if by official decree
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
noun
noun
verb
noun
name
- A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
- A town in Kent County, Rhode Island.
- A surname.
- A township in Summit County, Ohio.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Orleans County, Vermont.
- A town in Chenango County, New York.
- A cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, central England, historically in Warwickshire.
noun
- the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
- the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
- (historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.
- (figuratively) Banishment by some general consent.
- Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
verb
- (intransitive) To self-isolate.
- (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
- (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
- (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
- (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- set apart from others
- separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
- place or set apart
- obtain in pure form
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (cricket) A batsman who is frequently dismissed by the same bowler (said to be that player's rabbit).
- A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
- (cricket) A very poor batsman, selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
- (computing theory) A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
- Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
- (uncountable) The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
- A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
- (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
- (genericized trademark) A vibrator with a shaft and a clitoral stimulator usually shaped like a rabbit's ears.
- A pneumatically-controlled tool used to insert small samples of material inside the core of a nuclear reactor.
- any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
- the fur of a rabbit
- flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
verb
- (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- (transitive) To protect or isolate.
- (transitive) To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
- (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.
- surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- surround with a cloister
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
noun
- A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
- such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
- such an arcade in a monastery;
- (figuratively) The monastic life.
- residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
verb
- (intransitive) To live in seclusion.
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
- (intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
- sleep during winter
- be in an inactive or dormant state
noun
- a person forced to flee from home or country
- (baseball, softball) Initialism of double play.
- Initialism of dynamic positioning.
- Initialism of display port.
- (chemistry) Initialism of degree of polymerization.
- (motor racing) Abbreviation of Daytona prototype.
- (computing) Initialism of developer preview.
- (film) Initialism of director of photography.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of determiner phrase.
- (nuclear physics) Initialism of decay product.
- (slang) Initialism of dickpic.
- Initialism of data processing.
- (slang) Initialism of double penetration.
- Initialism of display picture.
- Initialism of displaced person.
- (computer science) Initialism of dynamic programming.
- Initialism of delusional parasitosis.
name
verb
noun
- (slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
- (slang) A fight.
- (golf) A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
- A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.
- (music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
- a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
- gradually ceasing to be visible
verb
- (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
- (transitive, gambling) To bet against (someone).
- (intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
- (transitive) To cause to fade.
- (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
- (transitive, golf) To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
- disappear gradually
- become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
- become feeble
- lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
noun
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.
- (transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
- (intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
- expel from a country
- move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
adj
verb
noun
- (countable) A voluntary exile; One who chooses to leave their homeland or community.
- (uncountable) The state of voluntary exile; The condition of choosing to leave one's homeland or community.
- (uncountable) Isolation from the world; A retreat from involvement with one's environment.
- (uncountable) A separation or alienation from ones inner self.
noun
- an exile who flees for safety
- (derogatory, by extension) A person who is fleeing from justice, punishment deemed righteous, etc.; a runaway, a fugitive.
- (attributive, also figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc.
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
name
- A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
- A town in Kent County, Rhode Island.
- A surname.
- A township in Summit County, Ohio.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Orleans County, Vermont.
- A town in Chenango County, New York.
- A cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, central England, historically in Warwickshire.
noun
- the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
- the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
- (historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.
- (figuratively) Banishment by some general consent.
- Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
noun
- a person forced to flee from home or country
- (baseball, softball) Initialism of double play.
- Initialism of dynamic positioning.
- Initialism of display port.
- (chemistry) Initialism of degree of polymerization.
- (motor racing) Abbreviation of Daytona prototype.
- (computing) Initialism of developer preview.
- (film) Initialism of director of photography.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of determiner phrase.
- (nuclear physics) Initialism of decay product.
- (slang) Initialism of dickpic.
- Initialism of data processing.
- (slang) Initialism of double penetration.
- Initialism of display picture.
- Initialism of displaced person.
- (computer science) Initialism of dynamic programming.
- Initialism of delusional parasitosis.
name
verb
noun
- (slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
- (slang) A fight.
- (golf) A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
- A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.
- (music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
- a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
- gradually ceasing to be visible
verb
- (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
- (transitive, gambling) To bet against (someone).
- (intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
- (transitive) To cause to fade.
- (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
- (transitive, golf) To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
- disappear gradually
- become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
- become feeble
- lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
verb
noun
- (countable) A voluntary exile; One who chooses to leave their homeland or community.
- (uncountable) The state of voluntary exile; The condition of choosing to leave one's homeland or community.
- (uncountable) Isolation from the world; A retreat from involvement with one's environment.
- (uncountable) A separation or alienation from ones inner self.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.
- (transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
- (intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
- expel from a country
- move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
adj
verb
- (transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
- (transitive, figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
- Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
- (sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
- Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
- Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
- Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
- (transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
- refer to another person for decision or judgment
- assign to a class or kind
- expel, as if by official decree
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
noun
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To self-isolate.
- (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
- (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
- (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
- (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- set apart from others
- separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
- place or set apart
- obtain in pure form
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (cricket) A batsman who is frequently dismissed by the same bowler (said to be that player's rabbit).
- A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
- (cricket) A very poor batsman, selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
- (computing theory) A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
- Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
- (uncountable) The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
- A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
- (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
- (genericized trademark) A vibrator with a shaft and a clitoral stimulator usually shaped like a rabbit's ears.
- A pneumatically-controlled tool used to insert small samples of material inside the core of a nuclear reactor.
- any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
- the fur of a rabbit
- flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
verb
- (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- (transitive) To protect or isolate.
- (transitive) To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
- (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.
- surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- surround with a cloister
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
noun
- A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
- such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
- such an arcade in a monastery;
- (figuratively) The monastic life.
- residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
verb
- (intransitive) To live in seclusion.
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
- (intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
- sleep during winter
- be in an inactive or dormant state