relegation
relegation
nounDefinition of RELEGATION
the forced removal from a homeland <the relegation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World War II>
Related Words ostracism; extradition; diaspora, dispersion, scattering; emigration, migration; evacuation; ethnic cleansing, transportation; dispossession, ejection, ouster
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