self-exile

[ self-eg-zahyl, -ek-sahyl, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlfˈɛg zaɪl, -ˈɛk saɪl, ˌsɛlf- /

a state of exile imposed by oneself.

a person who lives voluntarily as an exile.

Origin of self-exile

First recorded in 1820–30

self-ex·iled, adjective

His four years' self-exile in Europe, I am told, was a humiliating banishment from the loyal and patriotic.

A Dream of Empire |William Henry Venable
The Archduke John espoused the popular side, and the result was the self-exile of the Prince.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 397, November 1848 |Various
She contemplated her self-exile from her friends with small joy.

Marjorie Dean High School Senior |Pauline Lester
So, it is difficult for me to understand why you speak of Abraham as "a self-exile for conscience sake."

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) |Robert G. Ingersoll

And Shakespeare had oft-times felt this anxiety during the time his self-exile lasted.

William Shakespeare as he lived. |Henry Curling