repatriate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
  2. verb send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees
  3. verb admit back into the country

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repatriare, from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repair (“to return”).

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