expatriation

Noun
US[ek-spey-tree-ey-shuhn]/ɛkˌspeɪtriˈeɪʃən/5 syllables
Synonyms: exiledeportationtransportationemigrationout-migration

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  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”Synonyms: exiledeportationtransportationType of banishment, proscriptionExamples Babylonian Captivity
  2. migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)Synonyms: emigrationout-migrationType of migration

Related words exile verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ex·pa′tri·a′tion noun

Origin: 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.

Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their minds and souls.— John Gorham Palfrey

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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