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Expatriation   /ɛkspˌeɪtriˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Expatriation

noun
1.
The act of expelling a person from their native land.  Synonyms: deportation, exile, transportation.  "His deportation to a penal colony" , "The expatriation of wealthy farmers" , "The sentence was one of transportation for life"
2.
Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another).  Synonyms: emigration, out-migration.






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"Expatriation" Quotes from Famous Books



... hand that should have been the last to touch it, yet I think thy fate a subject for rejoicing rather than lamentation, for, in losing life, thou hast not been cut off from a throne, but from flight, expatriation, poverty, and all those afflictions which now press upon me. But I, unfortunate that I am, cast from the throne of my father into the depths of calamity, afford an example of human vicissitudes, undecided what course to adopt, whether ...
— Conspiracy of Catiline and The Jurgurthine War • Sallust



Words linked to "Expatriation" :   Babylonian Captivity, deportation, transportation, expatriate, migration, out-migration, proscription, emigration, banishment



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