Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun expatriation

2 senses of expatriation

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
emigration, out-migration, expatriation -- (migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another))
       => migration -- (the movement of persons from one country or locality to another)

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