Nearly leave the Parisian in forced absence (5)
I believe the answer is:
exile
'forced absence' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'nearly leave the parisian' is the wordplay.
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'leave' becomes 'exit' (synonyms).
'the parisian' becomes 'le' (definite article in French).
'exit' with its last letter taken off is 'exi'.
'exi'+'le'='EXILE'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for exile that I've seen before include "Get rid of" , "Ostracism" , "Someone sent away" , "Car journey" , "Banish from one's country" .)