English Explanatory Dictionary

patriation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The transfer of a governmental power from a former mother country to a newly independent one.

Word forms

patriation patriations

Etymology

English; especially Canadian English. Back-formation from repatriation.

Related words

patriate

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