Expatriation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Expatriation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Expatriation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expatriation n 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" Synonym(s): exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) Synonym(s): emigration, out-migration, expatriation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expatriation \Expa`tria"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. Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their minds and souls. --Palfrey.