expatriation | ||
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 |