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repatriation

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re·pa·tri·ate  (r-ptr-t)
tr.v. re·pat·ri·at·ed, re·pat·ri·at·ing, re·pat·ri·ates
To restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin: repatriate war refugees.
n. (-t, -t)
One who has been repatriated.

[Late Latin repatrire, repatrit-, to return to one's country : Latin re-, re- + Latin patria, native country; see expatriate.]

re·patri·ation n.

1. The procedure whereby American citizens and their families are officially processed back into the United States subsequent to an evacuation. See also evacuation.
2. The release and return of enemy prisoners of war to their own country in accordance with the 1949 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.repatriation - the act of returning to the country of origin
homecoming, return - a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
Translations
repatriation [riːˌpætrɪˈeɪʃən] Nrepatriación f
repatriation [ˌriːpætriˈeɪʃən] n
[person] → rapatriement m
[money] → rapatriement m
repatriation
repatriation [riːˌpætrɪˈeɪʃn] nrimpatrio
repatriation [riːˌpætrɪˈeɪʃn] nrimpatrio


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He had been twenty-three on leaving New York - he was fifty-six to- day; unless indeed he were to reckon as he had sometimes, since his repatriation, found himself feeling; in which case he would have lived longer than is often allotted to man.
 
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