repatriate — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.

Verb

1. To restore (a person) to their own country.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   Early in 1948, a rumor spread through camp that the Japanese prisoners of war were finally going to be allowed to go home, that a ship would be sent to repatriate us in the spring.

   A woman staying with us came down with cholera. This person had evacuated with her family from Haerbin, which was under Communist control, thinking that it would be easier to repatriate from Changchun than northern Haerbin.

2. To return or restore (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   Greece repatriated an Athenian frieze from France, arranging for it to be sent back to Athens.

   France repatriated an Athenian frieze back to Greece.

3. To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Noun

1. a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored

   Broader terms

   citizen

Verb

1. send someone back to their homeland against their will, as of refugees

   Broader terms

   extraditedeliverdeport

2. admit back into the country

   Antonyms

   expatriate

   Broader terms

   admitallow inlet inintromit