expatriation
Meanings
Plural: expatriations
Noun
- the act of expelling a person from their native land
- "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"
- migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)
- Voluntary migration from one's native land to another.
- Forced expulsion of from one's native land to another.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French expatriation, or from expatriate + -ion.
Synonyms
deportation, emigration, exile, out-migration, transportation
Scrabble Score: 21
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Words With Friends Score: 23
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