Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of banishing, or the state of being banished; banishment.
- noun In law, the voluntary renunciation of one's nationality and allegiance, by becoming a citizen of another country.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
voluntary migration from one'snative land to another - noun
forced expulsion of from one's native land to another
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of expelling a person from their native land
- noun migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)
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Examples
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Also, in case you follow these things (I do) expatriation is up.
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Athenians have escaped expatriation, which is purely an Oriental custom.
Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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It is absurd to declaim about "expatriation" and to declare such a movement forced and unnatural.
History of Liberia Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science John Hanson Thomas McPherson
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As Cole points out, Congress amended the "expatriation" law in 1986 to comply with the Court's decisions, and the statute Perle cited now reads
News & Politics Joan Walsh 2010
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This 'expatriation' was spread over many weary years.
manybooks.net 2009
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"When […] our brothers and sisters come here to survive or improve their living conditions they are expelled, with those papers known as expatriation documents […] but when a long time ago the European grandfathers arrived in Latin America, they were not expelled.
Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - Progressive opinion, dissident news 2009
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But he is still a citizen now, and the Constitution forbids the expatriation of Honduran citizens by their government.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Obama Administration — Still Wrong on Honduras 2009
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The sources of scientific information are acquired mostly from abroad, the tax increase to capital expatriation makes it more expensive to access these sources.
Global Voices in English » Ecuador: New Taxes Will Attempt to Help Economy 2009
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The evidence of the natural right of expatriation, like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness, is not left to the feeble and sophistical investigations of reason, but is impressed on the sense of every man.
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To be sure, certain provisions of the 1961 Convention would make it difficult for the United States to move toward ratification -- for example, the Convention limits voluntary renunciation of nationality in ways that would conflict with the right to voluntary expatriation that is recognized under U.S. law.
Eric Schwartz: Recognizing Statelessness Eric Schwartz 2011
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- amalgamation
- banishment
- confiscation
- deportation
- deportations
- disband
- ejectment
- emigration
- enfranchisement
- enlistment
- enrolment
- eviction
- expropriation
- impoverishment
- liquidation
- ostracism
- proscription
- relegation
- repatriation
- resettlement
- sacking
- sterilization
- supervention
- tallage
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- Alsatian
- Americanization
- Appalachian
- Balkanization
- Christianization
- Confederation
- Corp.
- Croatian
- Dalmatian
- Desegregation
- Finlandization
- Haitian
- Horatian
- Incarnation
- Islamization
- Japanimation
- Nation
- Plantation
- Reformation
- Revelation
- Russification
- Tribulation
- Visitation
- abbreviation
- abdication
- aberration
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- abrogation
- acceleration
- acclamation
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- acidification
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- admiration
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- alsatian
- alteration
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- cetacean
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- dedication
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- deflation
- deforestation
- deformation
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- dehumanization
- dehydration
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- delegation
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- delineation
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- demilitarization
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- democratization
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- designation
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- desperation
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- destination
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- detoxication
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- discrimination
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- disinflation
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- disintegration
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- disorganization
- disorientation
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- dissemination
- dissertation
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- domestication
- domination
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- duration
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- edification
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- electrification
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- fibrillation
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- foliation
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- fragmentation
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- generalization
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- germination
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- globalization
- glorification
- gradation
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- granulation
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- hallucination
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- hospitalization
- humiliation
- hybridization
- hydration
- hydrogenation
- hyperinflation
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- ideation
- identification
- illumination
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- immigration
- immunization
- impersonation
- implantation
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- inclination
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- incorporation
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- indication
- indignation
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- industrialization
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- inflammation
- inflation
- information
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- inhalation
- initiation
- innovation
- inoculation
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- inspiration
- installation
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- instrumentation
- insubordination
- insulation
- integration
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- interpretation
- interrogation
- intimation
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- intoxication
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- investigation
- invitation
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- ionization
- irradiation
- irrigation
- irritation
- isolation
- jubilation
- justification
- laceration
- lactation
- legalization
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- liberation
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- ligation
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- liquidation
- litigation
- localization
- location
- lubrication
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- magnetization
- magnification
- malformation
- manifestation
- manipulation
- marginalization
- masturbation
- maturation
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- mediation
- medication
- meditation
- menstruation
- migration
- mineralization
- miniaturization
- ministration
- misallocation
- misapplication
- misappropriation
- miscalculation
- mischaracterization
- miscommunication
- miscreation
- miseration
- misidentification
- misinformation
- misinterpretation
- misrepresentation
- mitigation
- mobilization
- moderation
- modernization
- modification
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- molestation
- monopolization
- motivation
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- mutation
- mutilation
- narration
- nation
- nationalization
- naturalization
- navigation
- negation
- negotiation
- neutralization
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- nomination
- nondiscrimination
- nonproliferation
- normalization
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- notification
- nucleation
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- obligation
- obliteration
- observation
- occupation
- operation
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- optimization
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- organisation
- organization
- orientation
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- ornamentation
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- ossification
- ostentation
- ovation
- overpopulation
- overregulation
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- ovulation
- oxidation
- pacification
- pagination
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- participation
- pasteurization
- penetration
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- personalization
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- perspiration
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- pigmentation
- plantation
- polarization
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- pollination
- polymerization
- pontification
- popularization
- population
- precipitation
- predation
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- prefabrication
- premeditation
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- preparation
- presentation
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- privatisation
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- probation
- proclamation
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- procreation
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- proliferation
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- punctuation
- purification
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- quotation
- radiation
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- reaffiliation
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- realization
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- recreation
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- reexamination
- reflation
- reforestation
- reformation
- refrigeration
- refutation
- regeneration
- regimentation
- registration
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- rehabilitation
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- relation
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- relocation
- remediation
- remuneration
- renationalization
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- renomination
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- renunciation
- reorganization
- reparation
- repatriation
- replication
- representation
- repudiation
- reputation
- reregulation
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- resignation
- respiration
- restoration
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- retaliation
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- reunification
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- revelation
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- rotation
- rumination
- russification
- salvation
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- sanitation
- saponification
- sarmatian
- saturation
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- sedation
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- segmentation
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- self-congratulation
- self-determination
- sensation
- separation
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- simplification
- simulation
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- situation
- socialization
- solicitation
- sophistication
- specialization
- specification
- speculation
- stabilization
- stagflation
- stagnation
- stalinization
- standardization
- starvation
- station
- sterilization
- stimulation
- stipulation
- strangulation
- subluxation
- subordination
- subsidization
- substantiation
- suburbanization
- suffocation
- summation
- superstation
- surrogation
- synchronization
- syndication
- tabloidization
- tabulation
- taxation
- telecommunication
- temptation
- termination
- titillation
- toleration
- transformation
- transillumination
- translation
- transplantation
- transportation
- trepidation
- triangulation
- tribulation
- ulceration
- undervaluation
- unification
- unionization
- urbanization
- usurpation
- utilization
- vacation
- vaccination
- vacillation
- validation
- valuation
- vaporization
- variation
- vegetation
- veneration
- ventilation
- verification
- vibration
- victimization
- vilification
- vindication
- violation
- visitation
- visualization
- vocation
- vulgarization
- westernization
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