repatriation

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.

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

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re·patri·ation n.

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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] N → repatriación f

repatriation [ˌriːpætriˈeɪʃ^ən] n

[person] → rapatriement m

[money] → rapatriement m

repatriation

n → Repatriierung f

repatriation [riːˌpætrɪˈeɪʃ/ən] n → rimpatrio