repatriate
repatriate Lexical Profile
repatriate Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To send or bring a person back to their own country, or to return to one's native land.
"The embassy arranged charter flights to repatriate citizens who were stranded abroad during the travel disruption."
To return financial assets, profits, or cultural artifacts to their country of origin.
"After years of diplomatic negotiations, the museum agreed to repatriate the ancient bronze sculptures to their country of origin."
• noun
A person who has returned or been sent back to their native country.
"The community center offered language workshops and career counseling to help young repatriates readjust to life in their homeland."
Word Nuance & Usage
The verb is pronounced /riːˈpeɪtrieɪt/ (with a long 'a' in the final syllable), whereas the noun is often pronounced /riːˈpeɪtriət/ (with a reduced final vowel). Do not confuse with 'expatriate', which refers to leaving or living outside one's native country.
• Rhymes for repatriate
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from Late Latin repatriare ('to return to one's country'), formed from re- ('back') and patria ('native land'), from pater ('father').