to bring under the authority of an autonomous country, for example as in the transfer of the Canadian constitution from UK to Canadian responsibility
Derived forms
patriation (ˌpatriˈation)
noun
patriate in American English
(ˈpeɪtriˌeɪt)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈpatriˌated or ˈpatriˌating
Canadian
to return or turn over full legislative powers, as of amendment, to (a constitution) that were formerly held by the government of another country:a term used in Canada to describe the action of taking over the power to amend the constitution from the British parliament in 1982