voluntary exile

collocation in English

meaningsofvoluntaryandexile

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voluntary
adjective
uk
/ˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/us
/ˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to ...
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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 ofvoluntaryandexilefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvoluntary exile

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Resistance includedvoluntaryexile, going underground or voluntarily submitting oneself to arrest and imprisonment for refusal to be drafted into the army.
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The essential point is that all property left behind by people who went intovoluntaryexilein 1947.
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A person who goes intovoluntaryexilecannot himself decide whether it shall be temporary or not.
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If he submits himself to the tribe—that has not been done—it is then for the tribe to decide whether someone who has gone intovoluntaryexileshall be taken back.
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Tshekedi went intovoluntaryexile: he was not banished.
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Thisvoluntaryexileto spend one's life in a foreign land far from friends and family came to be termed the white martyrdom.
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There he lived involuntaryexileand complete solitude; his cell near a rock is still shown.
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Sucre left the country forvoluntaryexile, convinced that the solution was impossible.
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Ahala was brought to trial, and only escaped condemnation by going intovoluntaryexile.
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In hervoluntaryexileshe concentrated on cultural activities and took interest in the faith of orphaned children.
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Arvalo went intovoluntaryexileas a university professor and writer.
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Is it not very hard that these voluntary exiles should not be entitled to relief because from ill-health they are driven out of this country?
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