Definitions for: Expatriation

[n] migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)
[n] 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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

Synonyms: deportation, emigration, exile, out-migration, transportation

See Also: banishment, migration, proscription

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