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  • 11Exile (arcade adventure) — Infobox VG| title = Exile publisher = Superior Software, Audiogenic designer = Peter Irvin and Jeremy Smith engine = released = 1988 genre = Arcade adventure modes = Single player ratings = platforms = Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 64,… …

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  • 12Forced conversion — A forced conversion is the religious conversion or acceptance of a philosophy against the will of the subject, often with the threatened consequence of earthly penalties or harm. These consequences range from job loss and social isolation to… …

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  • 13exile and banishment — ▪ law       prolonged absence from one s country imposed by vested authority as a punitive measure. It most likely originated among early civilizations from the practice of designating an offender an outcast and depriving him of the comfort and… …

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  • 14exile — 01. The spiritual leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, returned to his country from [exile] in France after the overthrow of the Shah. 02. Napoleon was [exiled] to Elba, and died there some years later. 03. Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn… …

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  • 15exile — [[t]e̱ksaɪl, e̱gz [/t]] ♦♦♦ exiles, exiling, exiled 1) N UNCOUNT: usu prep N If someone is living in exile, they are living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons. He is now living in… …

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  • 16Forced disappearance — For other topics related to disappearance , see Disappeared (disambiguation) and Desaparecidos (disambiguation). In international human rights law, a forced disappearance (or enforced disappearance) occurs when a person is secretly abducted or… …

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  • 17exile — [ˈeksaɪl] noun I 1) [U] a situation in which someone is forced to live in a foreign country, usually for political reasons He died in exile in 1986.[/ex] 2) [C] someone who has been forced to live in a foreign country II verb [T] exile [ˈeksaɪl]… …

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  • 18exile — {{11}}exile (n.) c.1300, forced removal from one s country; early 14c. as a banished person; from O.Fr. exil, essil (12c.), from L. exilium (see EXILE (Cf. exile) (v.)). {{12}}exile (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. essillier exile, banish, expel, drive… …

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  • 19exile — I. noun Etymology: Middle English exil, from Anglo French essil, exil, from Latin exilium, from exul, exsul an exile Date: 14th century 1. a. the state or a period of forced absence from one s country or home b. the state or a period of voluntary …

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  • 20exile —    This word (from the Latin exilium, meaning banishment ) refers to an absence from one s native land; sometimes this separation is forced, at other times it is self imposed or voluntary. The Babylonian Exile (587 539 BC) was a tragic yet… …

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