Expatriation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Expatriation \Ex*pa`tri*a"tion\, n. [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.
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           Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights
           of their minds and souls.                --Palfrey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]