repatriation

CEFRC1

/riˌpeɪtriˈeɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of returning a person to their own country.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.

Examples

  • Repatriation flights are helping Australians who have been trapped overseas.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The process of returning artworks, museum exhibits, etc. to their country of origin.

  2. The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.

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Origin

noun

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.