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Noun: expatriation  eks`peytree'eyshun
  1. The act of expelling a person from their native land
    "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"
    - exile, deportation, transportation
     
  2. Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)
    - emigration, out-migration

Derived forms: expatriations

See also: expatriate

Type of: banishment, migration, proscription

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