Expatriation vs. Repatriation — What's the Difference?

To send into exile

Repatriation is the process of returning an asset, an item of symbolic value, or a person—voluntarily or forcibly—to its owner or their place of origin or citizenship. The term may refer to non-human entities, such as converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country, as well as to the process of returning military personnel to their place of origin following a war.

To remove (oneself) from residence in one's native land.

To restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin

To give up residence in one's homeland.

One who has been repatriated.

To renounce allegiance to one's homeland.

The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.

One who has taken up residence in a foreign country.

The process of returning artworks, museum exhibits, etc. to their country of origin.

One who has renounced one's native land.

The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.

Residing in a foreign country; expatriated

Restoration to one's country.

Voluntary migration from one's native land to another

The act of returning to the country of origin

Forced expulsion of from one's native land to another

The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.

The act of expelling a person from their native land;

Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)