tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
To restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin: repatriate war refugees.
n. (-ĭt, -āt')
One who has been repatriated.
[Late Latin repatriāre, repatriāt-, to return to one's country : Latin re-, re- + Latin patria, native country; see expatriate.]
repatriation re·pa'tri·a'tion n.
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