repatriation

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14
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16
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12

Definition of repatriation

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The process of returning artworks, museum exhibits, etc. to their country of origin.
  3. (countable, uncountable)The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.

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Etymology

Either a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin repatriātiō (“act of restoring someone to their homeland”) or from Italian repatriazione and remodelled after words in -ation. By surface analysis, repatriate + -ion.

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