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EXPATRIATION Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word expatriation. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For EXPATRIATION

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citizenship
nounn
noun

• the status of a citizen with rights and duties

• conduct as a citizen

emigration
nounn
noun

• migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

homecoming
nounn
noun

• an annual school or university reunion for graduates

• a coming to or returning home

immigration
nounn
noun

• migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)

• the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval

naturalization
nounn
noun

• the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

• the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship

• the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous

• changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology

relocation
nounn
noun

• the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

• the act of changing your residence or place of business

repatriation
nounn
noun

• the act of returning to the country of origin

resettlement
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

return
verb, nounv, n
noun

• document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

• a coming to or returning home

• the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

• getting something back again

• the act of going back to a prior location

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• happening again (especially at regular intervals)

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

• a reciprocal group action

• a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

• the act of someone appearing again

verb

• go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

• give back

• go back to a previous state

• go back to something earlier

• bring back to the point of departure

• return in kind

• make a return

• answer back

• be restored

• pay back

• pass down

• elect again

• be inherited by

• return to a previous position; in mathematics

• give or supply

• submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

repatriating
verbv
noun

• a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored

verb

• send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees

• admit back into the country

Alternatives for CITIZENSHIP

Alternatives for EMIGRATION

Alternatives for HOMECOMING

Alternatives for IMMIGRATION

Alternatives for NATURALIZATION

Alternatives for RELOCATION

Alternatives for REPATRIATION

Alternatives for RESETTLEMENT

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