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Exile vs Repatriate - What's the difference?

exile | repatriate |

As nouns the difference between exile and repatriate

is that exile is exile (someone in exile) while repatriate is a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored.

As verbs the difference between exile and repatriate

is that exile is while repatriate is to restore (a person) to his or her own country.

As an adjective exile

is exiled, in exile.

exile

English

Noun

(wikipedia exile) (en noun)
  • The state of being banished from one's home or country.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let them be recalled from their exile .
  • Someone who is banished from one's home or country.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thou art an exile , and thou must not stay.

    Synonyms

    * (the state) banishment * (the person) expatriate, expat

    Derived terms

    * internal exile

    Verb

    (exil)
  • To send into exile.
  • * Tennyson
    • Exiled from eternal God.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Calling home our exiled friends abroad.

    Synonyms

    * banish

    Anagrams

    * ----

    repatriate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored.

    • Verb

  • To restore (a person) to his or her own country.

    • Derived terms

    * repatriation * patriate * patriation

    Related terms

    * expatriate