esilio

Definitions of esilio
  1. noun
    a point located with respect to surface features of some region
    synonyms: località, luogo, posto, sito
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    colombario, foiba, sepolcro, tomba, tumulo
    a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
    biforcazione, bivio, incrocio, nodo
    the place where two or more things come together
    latebra, nascondiglio
    a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself)
    altezza
    a high place
    santino
    a sacred place of pilgrimage
    cima, cocuzzolo, picco, pizzo, sommità, vetta
    the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
    fermata, stazione, tappa
    a spot where something halts or pauses
    bersaglio
    the location of the target that is to be hit
    fascia
    a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
    sepolcro, tomba
    a chamber that is used as a grave
    intersezione
    a junction where one street or road crosses another
    isola
    a zone or area resembling an island
    rondò, rotonda
    a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
    antro, ricettacolo
    a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws
    scalo
    a stopping place on a journey
    type of:
    punto
    the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
  2. noun
    a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
    synonyms: esiliato, esule
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    assente, assenteista
    one that is absent or not in residence
  3. noun
    the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
    synonyms: ostracismo
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    estromissione
    the state of being excluded
  4. noun
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
    synonyms: cacciata, deportazione, espatrio, espulsione
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    proscrizione, relegazione
    rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
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