EXPATRIATION

expatriation. Expatriation, n. the act of leaving one's country for perpetuity

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Ex‐pa′tri‐a″tion (?), n. [[Cf. F. expatriation.]] The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance. Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their minds and souls. Palfrey.