relocation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
noun the act of changing your residence or place of business

From re- + location.

The “notice” was already up, the “relocation” of our mine completed beyond recall, and the crowd rapidly dispersing. — Roughing It, Mark Twain
These considerations have induced the Commission to believe that the determination of whether or not there should be a relocation of responsibilities and functions should be left to the Executive and the Congress, perhaps upon recommendations based on further studies by the Cabinet-level committee recommended above or the National Security Council. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission

resettlement

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