[syn: emigration, out-migration, expatriation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Expatriation \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.
[1913 Webster]
Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights
of their minds and souls. --Palfrey.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
expatriation
n 1: 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" [syn: exile,
deportation, expatriation, transportation]
2: migration from a place (especially migration from your native
country in order to settle in another) [syn: emigration,
out-migration, expatriation]