Noun: expatriation eks,pey-tree'ey-shun
- Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)
"Her expatriation to France was motivated by career opportunities";
- emigration, out-migration
- The act of expelling a person from their native land
"the expatriation of wealthy farmers";
- exile, deportation
Derived forms: expatriations
Type of: banishment, migration, proscription
Encyclopedia: Expatriation