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expatriation

DEFINITIONS OF: expatriation

1

n the act of expelling a person from their native land

“the expatriation of wealthy farmers”
Synonyms:
deportation, exile, transportation
Examples:
Babylonian Captivity
the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC
Type of:
banishment, proscription
rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

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

Synonyms:
emigration, out-migration
Type of:
migration
the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
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