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Repatriate

//ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.
  2. 2
    a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To restore (a person) to their own country. transitive

    "Early in 1948, a rumor spread through camp that the Japanese prisoners of war were finally going to be allowed to go home, that a ship would be sent to repatriate us in the spring."

  2. 2
    admit back into the country wordnet
  3. 3
    To return or restore (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin. transitive

    "Greece repatriated an Athenian frieze from France, arranging for it to be sent back to Athens."

  4. 4
    send someone back to their homeland against their will, as of refugees wordnet
  5. 5
    To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).

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