re|pa´tri|a´tion

re|pa´tri|a´tion
re|pa|tri|ate «ree PAY tree ayt», verb, -at|ed, -at|ing, noun.
–v.t.
1. to send back to one's own country: »

After peace was declared, refugees and prisoners of war were repatriated.

2. to restore to citizenship.
3. to restore to the country or people of origin: »

The museum attempted to keep the Greek antiquities despite increasing demands that they be repatriated.

–v.i.
to go back to one's own country.
–n.
a repatriated person: »

To provide the means of transportation necessary for the transfer of repatriates to the frontier of their countries (New York Times).

[< Late Latin repatriāre (with English -ate1) < Latin re- back + patria native land < pater, patris father. See etym. of doublet repair2. (Cf.repair)]
re|pa´tri|a´tion, noun.

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