Definition

1. Verb:

   • To send or bring someone back to their own country: This is the primary meaning, referring to the official process of returning a person to their country of origin or citizenship.
   • To return assets or funds to a person's country of origin: In finance, it means to bring back money or profits earned abroad to the home country.

2. Noun:

   • A person who has been sent back to their own country: This refers to an individual who has been repatriated.

Usage and Examples

• Verb:

  • The government agreed to repatriate the refugees. (The government agreed to send the refugees back to their homeland.)
  • After the war, the process to repatriate prisoners began. (After the war, the process to return prisoners to their countries began.)
  • The company decided to repatriate its overseas earnings. (The company decided to bring its overseas profits back to its home country.)

• Noun:

  • The camp was full of repatriates waiting for resettlement. (The camp was full of people who had been returned to their country, waiting for resettlement.)
  • She worked as a counselor for repatriates. (She worked as a counselor for people who had been repatriated.)

Advanced Usage

• Forced Repatriation: The act of sending someone back to their country against their will.
  • The policy of forced repatriation was criticized by human rights groups.
• Voluntary Repatriation: When someone chooses to return to their home country.
  • The UNHCR facilitates the voluntary repatriation of refugees.

Variants and Related Words

• Repatriation (n): The act or process of repatriating.
  • The repatriation of cultural artifacts is a complex issue.
• Repatriable (adj): Capable of being repatriated (often used for funds).
  • The profits were not immediately repatriable due to currency controls.

Synonyms

• Verb: Return, send back, restore.
• Noun: Returnee.

Antonyms

• Verb: Expatriate, deport, exile, banish.

Related Phrases and Contexts

• Repatriate remains: To return the body of a deceased person to their home country.
  • The embassy helped the family repatriate the soldier's remains.
• Repatriate investment: To bring investment capital back from a foreign country.
  • The new tax law made it easier to repatriate investment.

Noun

1. a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored

Verb

1. admit back into the country
2. send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees