'Expatriation' definitions:
Definition of 'expatriation'
(from WordNet)
noun
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, expatriation, transportation]
noun
Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) [syn: emigration, out-migration, expatriation]
Definition of 'Expatriation'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their minds and souls. --Palfrey. [1913 Webster]