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(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.

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self-exile

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self-exile

Noun

countable uncountable

(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.

Japanese Meaning

（可算）自発的に故郷や地域を離れることを選んだ人、つまり自ら亡命を選んだ者。 / （不可算）自発的に故郷や地域を離れる状態、自ら亡命するという行為そのもの。

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After the scandal, he chose a life of self-exile on a small island to escape public scrutiny.

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そのスキャンダルの後、彼は世間の監視を逃れるために小さな島で自主的な亡命生活を選んだ。

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(countable) A voluntary exile; One who chooses to leave their homeland or community.

One source for the views of certain of these self-exiles is the newsletter of the Union of American Exiles, American Exile in Canada, published in Toronto for at least two years (1968 and 1969).

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(uncountable) The state of voluntary exile; The condition of choosing to leave one's homeland or community.

Self-exile to a convent residence was the traditionally dignified solution for an injured wife of her class.

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(uncountable) Isolation from the world; A retreat from involvement with one's environment.

Chang's self-exile, however, aroused rather than thwarted her readers' desire; and they consumed anecdotes and hearsay about her life as eagerly as they did any of her works.

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