Exile Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons ...

is either an entity who is, or the state of being, away from one's home while being explicitly refused permission to return. Exile, exiled, exiles, The Exile, or The Exiles may also refer to:

Exiles

Babylonian captivity The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were forcibly relocated to Babylonia by the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The deportations occurred ...

, or Babylonian exile of the 6th century B.C., during which a number of people were deported from the Kingdom of Judah to Babylon * Cuban exile, the large exodus of Cubans since the 1959 Cuban Revolution *

Francoism Francoist Spain (), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (), or Nationalist Spain () was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death i ...

, or the exile of Republicans in Spain, the large number of people who fled from Spain to other countries (France, Mexico, the United States) during the regime of Francisco Franco * Malta exiles, men of politics, high rank soldiers, administrators and intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire who were sent to exile in Malta *

Marian exiles The Marian exiles were English Protestants who fled to continental Europe during the 1553–1558 reign of the Catholic monarchs Queen Mary I and King Philip.Christina Hallowell Garrett (1938) ''Marian Exiles: A Study in the Origins of Elizabet ...

, more than 800 English Protestants who mostly fled to Germany, Switzerland, and France and joined with reformed churches * Project Exile, a controversial federal program started in Richmond, Virginia in 1997 *

Tax exile A tax exile is a person who leaves a country to avoid the payment of income tax or other taxes. The term refers to an individual who already owes money to the tax authorities or wishes to avoid being liable in the future for taxation at what they ...

, one who chooses to leave their native country and instead to domicile themselves in a foreign nation where taxes are lower or nil * (Crimean Tatar: 'exile'), the forced population transfer, ethnic cleansing and genocide of Crimean Tatars carried out by Soviet authorities in 1944

People with the name

* Exile (producer), American hip hop producer * Tim Exile, British electronic musician

Books

* ''Exile'' (Deeping novel) (1930), by Warwick Deeping * ''Exile'' (Forgotten Realms novel) (1990), a novel in The Dark Elf Trilogy written by R. A. Salvatore * ''Exile'' (Patterson novel) (2007), by Richard North Patterson * ''Exile'' (Star Wars novel) (2007), by Aaron Allston, the fourth book in the Legacy of the Force series * ''Exile'', the English title of '' Deoraíocht'' (1910), by Pádraic Ó Conaire *''Exiles'', a 2022 murder mystery novel by Jane Harper * ''Exiles'' trilogy, a fantasy novel series by author Melanie Rawn * ''The Exile'' (Buck book), a biography by Pearl S. Buck about her Presbyterian missionary father, Absalom Sydenstricker * The Exile: Sex, Drugs, and Libel in the New Russia, a 2000 memoir by Matt Taibbi and Mark Ames * ''The Exile'', a 2004 novel by Allan Folsom * ''The Exile'', a 1987 novel by William Kotzwinkle in which a famous actor in Los Angeles becomes a Nazi during World War II * '' The Exile: The Flight of Osama bin Laden'', a 2017 book by Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark * "The Exiles" (Bradbury story), a 1949 science fiction short story by author Ray Bradbury * ''Exiles'' (novel), a 2022 novel by Jane Harper * "The Exiles", a story by Horacio Quiroga * ''The Exile'', a WWII fortnightly camp magazine in Changi Prison with contributions by

Ronald Searle Ronald William Fordham Searle (3 March 1920 – 30 December 2011) was an English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer and illustrator. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School and f ...

and George Sprod * ''The Exiles'', a novel and series by Hilary McKay *"Exile", a 1943 short story by

Edmond Hamilton Edmond Moore Hamilton (October 21, 1904 – February 1, 1977) was an American writer of science fiction during the mid-twentieth century. He is known for writing most of the Captain Future stories. Early life Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he ...

Periodicals

* ''The Exile'', a short-lived literary magazine published by

Ezra Pound Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an List of poets from the United States, American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Ita ...

* ''

The eXile ''The eXile'' was a Moscow-based English-language biweekly free tabloid newspaper, aimed at the city's expatriate community, which combined outrageous, sometimes satirical, content with investigative reporting. In October 2006, co-editor Jake ...

'', a biweekly English language newspaper published in Moscow

Plays and audiodrama

* ''Exile'' (audio drama), in ''Doctor Who'' * ''Exiles'' (play), a 1918 play by James Joyce

Comics

* ''Exile'', the fourteenth book of the series ''

Guardians of Ga'Hoole ''Guardians of Ga'Hoole'' is a fantasy book series written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Scholastic. The series contains a total of 16 books and although originally intended to conclude with the 2008 publication of ''The War of the Ember ...

'' by Kathryn Lasky * ''Exiles'' (Malibu Comics), one of two series published in 1993 and 1995 by Malibu Comics *

Exiles (Marvel Comics) The Exiles are a group of fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics commonly associated with The X-Men. They feature in three series, '' Exiles'', ''New Exiles'', and ''Exiles'' vol. 2. The Exiles consists ...

, a Marvel Comics superhero team ** ''Exiles'' (comic book), a series published by Marvel Comics starting in 2001

Fictional entities

* Exile (''Last Exile''), space ship in the anime series ''Last Exile'' * Exile (''Road Rovers''), a fictional anthropomorphic Siberian Husky from the Warner Bros. cartoon ''Road Rovers'' * Exiles (Middle-earth), the Noldor in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium who left under Fëanor and Fingolfin * Jedi Exile, the main character in the PC/Xbox videogame ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords''

Film and TV

Films

* ''Exile'' (1917 film), an American silent drama film * ''Exile'' (1994 film), an Australian film *''Exile'' (2013 film), a film by Charles-Olivier Michaud * ''Exile'' (2016 film), a film by Rithy Panh * ''Exile'' (2020 film), a Kosovan film * ''Exiled'' (2006 film), a film by Johnnie To * ''Exiled'' (2019 film), a Nicaraguan documentary film * '' Exiled: A Law & Order Movie'' (1998), a television movie based on the television series ''Law & Order'' * '' Exils'' (2004), a film by Tony Gatlif * ''The Exile'' (1914 film), a Hungarian film * ''The Exile'' (1922 film), a Soviet Georgian film * ''The Exile'' (1931 film), directed by Oscar Micheaux * ''The Exile'' (1947 film), directed by Max Ophüls * ''The Exiles'' (1923 film), directed by Edmund Mortimer * ''The Exiles'' (1961 film), a documentary by Kent MacKenzie * ''The Exiles'' (2022 film), a documentary by Lola Amaria

Television

* ''Exile'' (TV series), a 2011 psychological thriller TV series from BBC * ''Exiled'' (TV series), a spinoff series of the MTV reality show ''My Super Sweet 16'' * ''The Exile'' (TV series), an American television series * ''The Exiles'', a cycle of four plays written for television by Lynn Foster * '' All Hail King Julien: Exiled'', subtitle of the 2017 season of the animated television series ''All Hail King Julien''

Episodes

* "Exile" (''Casualty''), a 2015 episode of the BBC series ''Casualty'' * "Exile" (''Smallville''), a 2003 episode of the WB series ''Smallville'' * "Exile" (''Star Trek: Enterprise''), a 2003 episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' * "Exile", a second-to-last episode of ''The Dead Zone'' * "Exile", a 2018 episode of ''Law and Order: SVU''

Games

* ''Exile'' (1988 video game), a space-based computer game * ''Exile'' (1988 video game series) (1988, 1991, 1993), an action role-playing game trilogy about an Assassin during the time of the Crusades * ''Exile'' (1995 video game series) (1995, 1996, 1997), a series of shareware computer role-playing games for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS * '' Myst III: Exile'' (2001), the third installment of the ''Myst'' computer game series

Music

Classical

* "Exile", a Russian art song composed by Georgy Sviridov

Groups

* Exile (American band), an American country band ** ''Exile'', a 1973 album by this band ** ''Exile'' (1983 Exile album), a 1983 album by this band * Exile (Japanese band), a Japanese pop music group

Albums

* ''Exile'' (Aloud album), 2010 * ''Exile'' (Anorexia Nervosa album), 1997 * ''Exile'' (Gary Numan album), 1997 * ''Exile'' (Geoffrey Oryema album), 1990 * ''Exile'' (Hurts album), 2013 * ''Exile'' (Steve Reynolds album), 2006 * ''Exile'', a 2012 album by

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* '' Exhile'', a 2007 album by Sole * ''Exiles'' (Dan Fogelberg album), 1987 * ''Exiles'' (Max Richter album), 2021 * ''Exile'' (Demon Hunter album), 2022 * ''The Exile'' (album), Crowder album, 2024

Songs

* "Exile" (song), a 2020 song by Taylor Swift, featuring Bon Iver * "Exile", by Enya from the album ''

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'', 1988 * "Exile", by Geoffrey Oryema from the album ''

'', 1990 * "Exile", by Gary Numan from the album ''

'', 1997 * "Exile", by Slayer from the album ''

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'', 2001 * "Exile", by Soilwork from the album '' Sworn to a Great Divide'', 2007 * "Exile", by Hurts from the album ''

'', 2013 * "Exiles", by King Crimson from the album '' Larks' Tongues in Aspic'', 1973 * "Exiles", by Dan Fogelberg from the album '' Exiles'', 1987 * "The Exile", by Madder Mortem from the album '' Deadlands'', 2002

Brands and enterprises

* Exile Studios (see: Hollow Earth Expedition), a role-playing game company * Exiles Bookshop, a Sydney bookshop which hosted many poetry readings

Sports

Exiles rugby league team International Origin was an annual series of rugby league football matches between England national rugby league team, England and the Exiles rugby league team, Exiles. The International Origin was created by the Rugby Football League (RFL) to en ...

, an international rugby league team * Exiles, a name used for an Other Nationalities rugby league team, comprising European based Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Island players * The Exiles, a frequently used nickname for London Irish RFC, an English rugby union club * The Exiles, a nickname of

Newport County A.F.C. Newport County AFC () is a professional association football club in the city of Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales. The team compete in , the fourth level of the English football league system. The club's usual Kit (association football), ho ...

, a Welsh football club

Other uses

* Exile, Wisconsin * Exile (moth) (''Apamea zeta'' ssp. ''marmorata'') * Exile Hill, a hill in British Columbia, Canada * ''Ex-ile'', a set of games on the 2014 reality TV show '' The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II''