expatriation

ex·pa·tri·ate  (k-sptr-t)

v. ex·pa·tri·at·ed, ex·pa·tri·at·ing, ex·pa·tri·ates

v.tr.

1. To send into exile. See Synonyms at banish.

2. To remove (oneself) from residence in one's native land.

v.intr.

1. To give up residence in one's homeland.

2. To renounce allegiance to one's homeland.

n. (-t, -t)

1. One who has taken up residence in a foreign country.

2. One who has renounced one's native land.

adj. (-t, -t)

Residing in a foreign country; expatriated: "She delighted in the bohemian freedom enjoyed by the expatriate artists, writers, and performers living in Rome" (Janet H. Murray).

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[Medieval Latin expatrire, expatrit- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin patria, native land (from patrius, paternal, from pater, father; see pter- in Indo-European roots).]

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ex·patri·ation n.

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expatriation

the process of abandoning one’s native land or of being exiled. — expatriate, n., adj., v.

See also: Renunciation

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the process of abandoning one’s native land or of being exiled. — expatriate, n., adj., vb.

See also: Banishment

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	expatriation - 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" deportation, exile, transportation banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
	2.	expatriation - migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) emigration, out-migration migration - the movement of persons from one country or locality to another