self-imposed exile

collocation in English

meaningsofself-imposedandexile

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self-imposed
adjective
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/ˌself.ɪmˈpəʊzd/us
/ˌself.ɪmˈpoʊzd/
decided by yourself, without being influenced or ordered by ...
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exile
noun
uk
/ˈek.saɪl/us
/ˈek.saɪl/
the condition of someone being sent or kept away from their own country, village, etc., especially for ...
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(Definition ofself-imposedandexilefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Brief imprisonment was followed by a long period ofself-imposedexilewhich ended only with the outbreak of revolutionary disturbances in 1848.
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He passed hisself-imposedexilewithout bitterness and with great dignity.
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Historians attribute hisself-imposedexileand using a different surname in part to escape from his creditors, as he was deeply in debt.
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Refusing to dole out false compliments, he is charged and humiliated, and resolves onself-imposedexile.
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Following that arrest he went into aself-imposedexile.
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As a result he announced that he was unavailable for personal reasons and remained inself-imposedexileuntil 1977.
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Aself-imposedexilefollowed, which would last until 1987.
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As he also discovered that his talents as an oral person were lost in the winds of change, these disturbing poems preceded hisself-imposedexile.
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Many reform leaders, believing their cause was for now lost, went intoself-imposedexile.
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Later she came out herself-imposedexileto generate revenues for financing her husband's appeal to the privy council.
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By the late 1980s, the band re-emerged from theirself-imposedexilewith new members and their first new album in six years.
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Hariri'sself-imposedexilemarked the end of his political and military career.
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Due to this mishap, the girls travel to an unknown rural province, putting themselves in a self-imposedexileafter the embarrassment they faced after chasing their dreams.
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Watt remained inself-imposedexile, with a well-founded fear of legal procedures that might be taken against him.
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Thisself-imposedexilelasted not for long.
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Husain lived inself-imposedexilefrom 2006 until his death.
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