How to say "exile" in Japanese

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追放ついほうJLPT N1approx.Common
noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe broad term for being driven out: exile or banishment from a country or land, and by extension expulsion from a group; it centers on the act of removal itself.
支配者しはいしゃは打倒だとうされ国外こくがいに追放ついほうされた。↗
The ruler was overthrown and banished from the country.
流刑りゅうけいCommon
noun, suru verbExile as an imposed punishment: banishment to a distant place as a penalty. It names the sentence of exile rather than the act of driving someone out.

Use 追放 for being driven out or expelled in general, and 流刑 for exile imposed as a punishment, banishing someone to a distant place.

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