repatriate
Return to homeland
To repatriate is to send or bring someone back to their country of origin or citizenship.
Governments repatriate refugees, prisoners of war, or remains of the dead.
The word also applies to money or assets: The company repatriated its overseas profits.
A repatriate is a person who has been returned to their homeland.
Gathering after separation
- homelandOne's native land
- returnGo back again
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- familyRelated people together
roots · ancestry · belonging · embrace · arrival · celebration · nostalgia · motherland
Move to live elsewhere
- readjustModify something anew
- reacclimateAdjust again to conditions
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- rehabilitateReturn to good condition
reestablish · reconnect · adapt · reenter · reunify · counseling
Legal belonging to country
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
embassy · immigration · documentation · residency · renunciation · allegiance · sovereignty · jurisdiction
Person fleeing danger abroad
- deporteePerson forcibly removed abroad
- evacueeOne moved from danger
- statelessWithout national belonging
- displacedShifted from proper location
expellee · returnee · exile · migrant · internee · detainee · hostage · stranded
Historical objects from ages past
- museumPublic exhibit space
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lootedStolen from, especially violently
- treasuresPrized possessions or valuables
relics · archaeological · restitution · provenance · colonial · indigenous · UNESCO · decolonization
reunion
Gathering after separation
family · roots · ancestry · belonging · embrace · arrival · celebration · nostalgia · motherland · fatherland
resettle
Move to live elsewhere
- readjustModify something anew
- reacclimateAdjust again to conditions
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
rehabilitate · reestablish · reconnect · adapt · reenter · reunify · counseling
nationality
Legal belonging to country
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- visaTravel authorization stamp
consulate · embassy · immigration · documentation · residency · renunciation · allegiance · sovereignty · jurisdiction · statelessness
refugee
Person fleeing danger abroad
- deporteePerson forcibly removed abroad
- evacueeOne moved from danger
- statelessWithout national belonging
displaced · expellee · returnee · exile · migrant · internee · detainee · hostage · stranded · evacuated
antiquities
Historical objects from ages past
treasures · relics · archaeological · restitution · provenance · colonial · indigenous · UNESCO · decolonization · ownership
funds
Available financial resources
- capitalWealth used for investment
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- investmentsAssets bought for profit
profits · earnings · currency · wealth · financial · offshore · remittance · treasury · liquidity · dividends
deceased
No longer living
funeral · burial · cremation · mortuary · embalming · casket · interment · memorial · coroner · autopsy
- residentsresident, residents, inhabitants, inhabitant, local
- displaced peoplerefugee, displaced, IDPs, asylum seeker, displaced persons
- relocationrelocation, transfer, relocate, resettle, move
- Reintegrationreunite, rejoin, reconnect, return, restore
- residency statuscitizen, resident, national, naturalized, immigrant
- send backreturn, refund, reship, resend, remand
repatriateexpatriate
One living abroad permanently
denaturalize · exile · stateless · disenfranchise · stateless person
repatriation, repatriated, repatriates, repatriating, repatriations