resettles

Finds new home

Resettles is the third-person singular of resettle, meaning to settle again in a new place.

Refugees resettle in host countries; displaced families resettle after disasters.

The word implies establishing residence somewhere after leaving a previous home, whether voluntarily or by force: The agency resettles thousands of asylum seekers each year.

migration

relocate

Establish residence elsewhere

asylum · repatriate · displace · uproot · transplant · expatriate · diaspora · exodus · deportation · naturalization

adjustment

acclimate

Adjust to environment

acclimatize · reorient · readjust · habituate · attune · transition · normalize · conform · accommodate · reconcile

community

neighborhood

Residential area nearby

population · township · village · commune · district · suburb · homeland · host country · refugee camp

beginning

fresh start

Opportunity to restart unburdened

new life · reestablish · recommence · start over · second chance · new chapter · renewal · reinvention · foundation · genesis

stability

permanence

Quality of lasting indefinitely

foundation · equilibrium · steadfastness · constancy · belonging · home · grounding · establishment · continuity · dwelling

Opposites
movement/relocation

resettlesstays put

Remains in place

remains · stays · stands pat · holds fast · anchors

displacement/stability

resettlesuproots

Removes from the ground

displaces · evicts · expels · dislodges · banishes

stability/permanence

resettlespersists

Carries on stubbornly

endures · continues

Phrases
Family

resettle, resettling, resettlement, resettled, resettlers, resettlements

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