expatriation
Departure from country
Expatriation is the act of leaving one's native country to live elsewhere, or the state of living abroad.
It can be voluntary—someone seeking opportunity or adventure—or forced through exile or banishment.
The word also applies to formally renouncing citizenship: His expatriation from the U.S. required filing paperwork with the State Department.
The emphasis falls on departure rather than arrival, on what's left behind.
Banishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- banishmentForced removal from place
- ostracismBanishment from a group
proscription · defector · dissident · outcast · pariah · fugitive · refugee · asylum
Person resettling in another nation
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
migration · departure · homeland · foreign · abroad · overseas · integration · assimilation
Government-issued travel credential
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- residencyState of dwelling somewhere
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
embassy · customs · border · permit · registration · documentation · sponsorship · application
Loyalty owed to authority
- oathFormal binding promise
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- forswearingFormally rejecting or abandoning
- denaturalizationRevocation of citizenship status
severance · abandonment · defection · disavowal · repudiation
exile
Banishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- banishmentForced removal from place
ostracism · proscription · defector · dissident · outcast · pariah · fugitive · refugee · asylum · sanctuary
emigrant
Person resettling in another nation
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- relocationPermanent change of residence
resettlement · migration · departure · homeland · foreign · abroad · overseas · integration · assimilation · remittances
passport
Government-issued travel credential
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- residencyState of dwelling somewhere
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
consulate · embassy · customs · border · permit · registration · documentation · sponsorship · application · bureaucracy
allegiance
Loyalty owed to authority
- oathFormal binding promise
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- forswearingFormally rejecting or abandoning
denaturalization · severance · abandonment · defection · disavowal · repudiation
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- citizenshipcitizen, citizenship laws, citizenship law, citizenship test, citizenship ceremony
- emigrationemigrant, emigration, economic migrants, emigre, political refugees
- exileexile, banishment, exiled, banished, exiling
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- leave homemove out, moving out, departure, empty nest, fledging
expatriationimmigration
Relocating abroad permanently
repatriation · return · homecoming · ingress · arrival
expatriationnaturalization
Legal path to belonging
citizenship · welcoming · enfranchisement · inclusion · integration
expatriationrootedness
Being firmly established somewhere
belonging · patriotism · nationalism · staying · residence