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repatriation|rɪpeɪtrɪˈeɪʃən, riːˈpæt-|
[n. of action f. repatriate v.: see -ation.]
1. Return or restoration to one's own country.
1592Wotton in Reliq. (1685) 670, I wish your Honour (in our Tuscan Phrase) a most happy Repatriation. 1646Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Warres viii. 129 Without Portion or any other thing, save only his re-patriation. 1865Pall Mall G. No. 81. 11/1 The repatriation of the exiled adherents. 1879Eastern Question I. iv. 197 The Porte could not afford the outlay for the repatriation of the refugees.
attrib.1882Bryce Manitoba 144 This repatriation movement from the United States. 1891Times 12 Feb. 5/4 Contributions towards a repatriation fund. 1945Daily Mirror 27 Sept. 1/4 The last batch of liberated prisoners and internees in Singapore boarded a repatriation ship yesterday. 1951R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse 1 It was through an erroneous repatriation-order that I obtained this last panorama of my early home. 1973Bulletin (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.
1961Ann. 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. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 8/5 Mr. Pearson was asked..why the federal Government had not discussed repatriation of the constitution from Britain. 1976Maclean's Mag. 17 May 45/2 The arguments for and against the repatriation of the Canadian culture take on a national scope. |