relocation

relocations

Use the noun relocation to describe moving from one place to another, like a family's relocation that forced them to leave behind old friends but gave them the opportunity to make new ones in a different city.

When you look at relocation you notice the word locate, which comes from the Latin word locus, meaning "place." Then look at the affixes — re- means "again" and -ion means "the act of." When you put it all together, relocation means "the act of placing again." If you refer to your relocation, you're describing putting yourself in a new place.

Definitions of relocation
  1. noun
    the act of changing your residence or place of business
    synonyms: move
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    types:
    flit
    a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
    overspill
    the relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns
    type of:
    change
    the action of changing something
  2. noun
    the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
    synonyms: resettlement
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    type of:
    conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation
    the act of moving something from one location to another
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Korematsu BACKUP

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

In response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which enabled the U.S. Army to enforce Civilian Exclusion and Civilian Restrictive orders. This resulted in the relocation and internment of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans who were seen as threats to national security. For refusing to move from his home, Fred Korematsu was arrested and convicted. The Supreme Court ruled that military necessity justified the violation of Korematsu's constitutional rights. Although the government eventually admitted its error and made reparations to the surviving internees, this decision, similar to Plessy v. Ferguson, remains an embarrassing example of legalized racism. These words are from the majority opinion written by Hugo Black. Read the full text here.

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