repatriate

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.

n. a person who returns to their country or citizenship, having left their native country, either against their will, or as one of a group who left for political, religious, or other pertinent reasons.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

(DOD) A person who returns to his or her country or citizenship, having left said native country either against his or her will, or as one of a group who left for reason of politics, religion, or other pertinent reasons.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored

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The verb repatriate has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees

Meaning #2: admit back into the country
  Antonym: expatriate (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - hjemsende
n. - hjemsendt person

Nederlands (Dutch)
repatriëren, naar het vaderland (doen) terugkeren, gerepatrieerde

Français (French)
v. tr. - (gén) rapatrier, (Fin) rapatrier
n. - rapatrié

Deutsch (German)
n. - Repatriierter
v. - repatriieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ο) επαναπατριζόμενος
v. - επαναπατρίζω/-ομαι, παλιννοστώ

Italiano (Italian)
rimpatriare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - repatriado (m)
v. - repatriar

Русский (Russian)
репатриироваться, репатриировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - repatriarse, repatriar
n. - repatriado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hemskickad person
v. - skicka hem

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
把...遣返回国, 被遣返回国者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 把...遣返回國
n. - 被遣返回國者

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 본국에 송환하다
n. - 본국으로의 송환자

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 本国へ送り返す, 送還する
n. - 送還者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص معاد إلى وطنه (فعل) يعيد لاجى أو أسير إلى وطنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮החזיר למולדתו‬
n. - ‮מי שחזר למולדתו‬

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