REPATRIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does repatriation mean? 

• REPATRIATION (noun)
  The noun REPATRIATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of returning to the country of origin

  Familiarity information: REPATRIATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPATRIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of returning to the country of origin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("repatriation" is a kind of...):

homecoming; return (a coming to or returning home)

Derivation:

repatriate (admit back into the country)

repatriate (send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees)