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Verb: repatriate  ree'pey-tree,eyt or ree'pa-tree,eyt
  1. Send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees
     
  2. Admit back into the country
Noun: repatriate  ree'pey-tree,eyt or ree'pa-tree,eyt
  1. A person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored

Derived forms: repatriating, repatriates, repatriated

Type of: admit, allow in, citizen, deliver, deport, extradite, intromit, let in

Antonym: expatriate

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