EXPATRIATION

emigration, out-migration, expatriation

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

exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

expatriation (countable and uncountable, plural expatriations)

voluntary migration from one's native land to another

forced expulsion of from one's native land to another

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*pa`tri*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. expatriation.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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