expatriation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of expelling a person from their native land
    exile; deportation; transportation.
    • men in exile dream of hope
    • his deportation to a penal colony
    • the expatriation of wealthy farmers
    • the sentence was one of transportation for life
  2. noun migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)
    emigration; out-migration.

WordNet

Ex*pa`tri*a"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. expatriation.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913