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Expatriation

Expatriation Meaning & Definition
Expatriation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Expatriation?

[n] migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)
[n] the act of expelling a person from their native land; "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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Expatriation: deportation | emigration | exile | out-migration | transportation

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See Also | banishment | migration | proscription

Expatriation In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*pa`tri*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. expatriation.] The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance. Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their minds and souls. --Palfrey.

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