Noun
(uncountable) Banishment to a remote part of one's own country as a punishment or sanction.
(countable) A person thus banished.
(figuratively, uncountable) A sense of alienation and uprootedness.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgI like to hide in Ireland, but I like to think of myself as an internal exile. John Banville
I Am China is a parallel story about two Chinese lovers in exile – the external and internal exile that I had felt since leaving China. Xiaolu Guo