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What is exile? »Its definition and meaning

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It is the voluntary or forced expatriation of an individual due to some circumstances adverse to the natural, the fact of being far from their home of birth, be it the city or nation, almost always due to political inconveniences, or because of threats of jail for life Or death. Other definitions that are given are as a refugee, its derivative is from the Latin is exilium, which means exile.

In ancient times it happened by a decree or sentence order, they decreed the confinement of someone for not being a pleasant or highly dangerous person or to safeguard life, voluntary exile was a way to reach good agreements between both parties. In the sentimental part, exile is called as forgetting a loved or family member.

In political exile it is mandatory to move away from the homeland, because of being persecuted and because life is in serious danger. Deportation is another form of exile, also for political reasons that by not having the regulations and presenting an illegal immigration status, they are returned to their native country. Also for religious, ethnic or slave causes are causes of exile or deportation, this is how in religious exile, it is mentioned in the bible that Jews were forced to go to Babylon. Going through three stages with Nebuchadnezzar in the year 697 BC, with the fall of the city of Jerusalem in the year 586 BC and in the year 582 BC when the life they led of precariousness was untenable and they had to take refuge in Egypt.

Exiles or refugees become people of low status due to the little acquisition of wealth they possess when leaving their country, being relegated to second category citizens, causing suffering without nationality to protect them, without a king or kingdom or independence, nor have their own land. In religious exile, the exile of the sinner is spoken of, since they were based on prophecies that the incurable perversion of a person brought with it the evil where he lived, be it the people or nation that gave him shelter, thus giving rein to corporal punishment for take the evil out of him; Unless the sin was confessed, to reach repentance and forgiveness on the individual, thus finding power to save life.