Expatriation
[ɛks,petrɪ'eʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Exile, banishment, proscription, expulsion (from one's country).
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Examples
- Madame Beck made also her private comment, and preferred in her own breast her secret reason for desiring expatriation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Charmouth, whither Harriette retired on the Marquis of Worcester's expatriation, is in Dorsetshire, not in Devonshire. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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