 expatriation |
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| 1. | [ noun ] migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | |
| Synonyms: | emigration out-migration | |
| Related terms: | migration expatriate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the act of expelling a person from their native land | |
| Synonyms: | deportation transportation exile | |
| Examples: | "men in exile dream of hope" "his deportation to a penal colony" "the expatriation of wealthy farmers" "the sentence was one of transportation for life" |
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| Related terms: | banishment babylonian_captivity expatriate | |
| Similar spelling: |
expatiation expatriate excavation expiation expatiate |
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