Patriation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The transfer of a governmental power from a former mother country to a newly independent one. Commonwealth, countable, uncountable

    "The patriation of Canada's constitution from the United Kingdom took place in 1982."

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"The patriation of Canada's constitution from the United Kingdom took place in 1982."

Etymology

English; especially Canadian English. Back-formation from repatriation.

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