Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun deportation
2 senses of deportation
Sense 1
exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation -- (the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life")
=> banishment, proscription -- (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)
Sense 2
deportation -- (the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien)
=> ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance -- (the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school")