resettlement
NounSynonyms:
relocation
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)Synonyms: relocation
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Resettlement \Re*set"tle*ment\ (-ment), n. Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees. [1913 Webster]
The resettlement of my discomposed soul. --Norris. [1913 Webster]