repatriation
(rɪpeɪtrɪˈeɪʃən, riːˈpæt-)
[n. of action f. repatriate v.: see -ation.]
1. Return or restoration to one's own country.
| 1592 Wotton in Reliq. (1685) 670, I wish your Honour (in our Tuscan Phrase) a most happy Repatriation. 1646 Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Warres viii. 129 Without Portion or any other thing, save only his re-patriation. 1865 Pall Mall G. No. 81. 11/1 The repatriation of the exiled adherents. 1879 Eastern Question I. iv. 197 The Porte could not afford the outlay for the repatriation of the refugees. |
| attrib. 1882 Bryce Manitoba 144 This repatriation movement from the United States. 1891 Times 12 Feb. 5/4 Contributions towards a repatriation fund. 1945 Daily Mirror 27 Sept. 1/4 The last batch of liberated prisoners and internees in Singapore boarded a repatriation ship yesterday. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse 1 It was through an erroneous repatriation-order that I obtained this last panorama of my early home. 1973 Bulletin (Sydney) 25 Aug. 17/3 The Repatriation Commission has amassed a fortune... The Repatriation Act empowers the commissioners to act as guardians of these men's affairs... These pensioners are visited regularly by repatriation officers. |
2. Canad. Devolution or return of legislation to the constitutional authority of an autonomous country. Also
fig. Cf. patriation.
| 1961 Ann. Reg. 1960 73 Justice Minister Fulton proposed a two-stage process beginning with repatriation [of the British North America Act] and followed by the working⁓out of a method of amendment. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 8/5 Mr. Pearson was asked..why the federal Government had not discussed repatriation of the constitution from Britain. 1976 Maclean's Mag. 17 May 45/2 The arguments for and against the repatriation of the Canadian culture take on a national scope. |