Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored;
VERB (2)
1.
send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees;
2.
admit back into the country;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Repatriate \Re*pa"tri*ate\ (r?-p?"tr?-?t), v. t. [L. repatriare.
See 1st Repair.]
To restore to one's own country.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
repatriate
n 1: a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose
citizenship has been restored
v 1: send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of
refugees
2: admit back into the country [ant: deport, exile,
expatriate]