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expatriation|ɛksˌpeɪtrɪˈeɪʃən|
[f. expatriate v.: see -ation.]
1. The banishing of a person from his own country; the state of being banished; banishment, exile.
1816Keatinge Trav. I. 31 This part of France appears never to have recovered the effects of..an expatriation. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 524 The longer his expatriation, the greater does this hallucination become. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) I. iii. 92 The expatriation of wealthy merchants.
2. The action of leaving one's country for another; emigration. Also, in the Law of Nations, renunciation of one's country.
1825T. Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. 1859 I. 8 Expatriation being a natural right. 1839J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Ch. x. (1847) 107 The bishops and clergy..sought refuge in expatriation. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. xix, The voluntary expatriation of those who have the energy or enterprise to leave the home of their birth. 1889Phillimore Internat. Law (ed. 3) IV. 274 Expatriation, Any British subject..who may..after the passing of this Act..voluntarily become naturalized in such state..shall..be deemed to have ceased to be a British subject. |