1. self-exile - Noun
2. self-exile - Verb
(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.
(uncountable) Isolation from the world; A retreat from involvement with one's environment.
(uncountable) A separation or alienation from ones inner self.
self-exile (third-person singular simple present self-exiles, present participle self-exiling, simple past and past participle self-exiled)
To go into self-exile.
He left the state of Lu without resigning, remaining in self-exile and unable to return as long as Viscount Ji Huan was alive. Source: Internet
In the missive addressed to Felipe, Juan Carlos didn’t say when he would leave Spain or where his self-exile would take him. Source: Internet
Her ally Tsepkalo left Belarus on Sunday for Moscow, where her husband, Valery Tsepkalo, another opposition leader barred from running, is already in self-exile with their children. Source: Internet
Law is now in self-exile in the U.K. and is being sought by Hong Kong police under a new national security law for allegedly colluding with foreign forces, a charge for which he could face up to life in prison. Source: Internet
One top issue between the two leaders will be Turkey’s demand to extradite the Pennsylvania-based Gülen, who has been in self-exile in the U.S. since late 1990s. Source: Internet
Indeed, not many Nigerians have forgotten how those whose toes the former anti-graft czar stepped on, when they had the opportunity to take their pound of flesh, hunted and hounded him into a cold and lonely life in self-exile. Source: Internet