displacement

displacement

noun

Definition of DISPLACEMENT

the forced removal from a homeland <the displacement of Jews from the land of their ancestors>

Synonyms banishment, deportation, displacement, expatriation, expulsion, relegation

Related Words ostracism; extradition; diaspora, dispersion, scattering; emigration, migration; evacuation; ethnic cleansing, transportation; dispossession, ejection, ouster

Near Antonyms repatriation, return; immigration