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 , transportation ]

  2. migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

    [ Syn: emigration , out-migration ]

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