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redeˈfection
[re- 5 a + defection.]
Return to a country from which one has previously defected. Hence (as a back-formation) redeˈfect v. intr.; redeˈfector.
1957Britannica Bk. of Year 814/1 Redefection, n, the returning of exiles to their native country. 1959Washington Post 7 Apr. a 16/2 Many months before the Hungarian Revolution, the Communist propaganda mills began an elaborate campaign to encourage the ‘redefection’ of home⁓sick or otherwise dissatisfied or disillusioned refugees from satellite countries. Ibid., The destiny that awaited these ‘redefectors’ was of course easily predictable. 1963Punch 13 Feb. 249/3 Defected Western scientist who wishes to redefect. 1963Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 7 Aug. 36/2 West German social workers concede the justice of complaints by many of the re-defectors that they are treated as ‘outcasts’ in West Germany. 1974‘J. Le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor xxi. 179 What's Tarr supposed to be doing now: redefecting to us? |