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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored v
1: send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees
2: admit back into the country [ant: deport, exile, expatriate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Late Latin repatriatus, past participle of repatriare to go home again — more at repair Date: 1611 to restore or return to the country of origin, allegiance, or citizenship <repatriate prisoners of war> • repatriate noun • repatriation noun

U.S. Military Dictionary

A person who returns to his or her country or citizenship, having left said native country either against his or her will, or as one of a group who left for reason of politics, religion, or other pertinent reasons.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. restore (a person) to his or her native land. 2 intr. return to one's own native land. --n. a person who has been repatriated. Derivatives: repatriation n. Etymology: LL repatriare (as RE-, L patria native land)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Repatriate Re*pa"tri*ate (r?-p?"tr?-?t), v. t. [L. repatriare. See 1st Repair.] To restore to one's own country.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(repatriates, repatriating, repatriated) If a country repatriates someone, it sends them back to their home country. It was not the policy of the government to repatriate genuine refugees... VERB: V n • repatriation (repatriations) ...the forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people. N-VAR