expatriation
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 • Derivationally related forms: expatriate, deport (for: deportation), exile (for: exile) • Hypernyms: banishment, proscription • Instance Hyponyms: Babylonian Captivity 2. migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) • Syn: emigration, out-migration • Derivationally related forms: expatriate, emigrate (for: emigration) • Hypernyms: migration
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