Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expatriation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Expatriation \Ex*pa`tri*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. expatriation.]
The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially,
the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of
allegiance.
Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights
of their minds and souls. --Palfrey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
expatriation
n : the act of expelling a person from their native land [syn: {exile},
{deportation}]
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