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Repatriation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of returning to the country of origin wordnet
  3. 3
    The process of returning artworks, museum exhibits, etc. to their country of origin. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country. countable, uncountable

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.

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