EMIGRATION

emigration, out-migration, expatriation

(noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

emigration (countable and uncountable, plural emigrations)

The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively

Source: Wiktionary


Em`i*gra"tion, n. Etym: [L. emigratio: cf. F. émigration.]

1. The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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