repatriation

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

return

demobilization

remigration

demobilisation

sending home

reasoning backward

retrogression

Translations

rapatriement

rimpatrio

repatriación

Repatriierung

επαναπατρισμός

Rückführung

repatriació

retour

repatriamento

παλιννόστηση

repatriëring

ülkesine geri dönme

العودة للوطن

ülkesine iade etme

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.