expatriation
noun
ex·pa·tri·a·tion
(ˌ)ek-ˌspā-trē-ˈā-shən 
plural expatriations
: removal or withdrawal from one's native land : the act or an instance of expatriating or the state of being expatriated
The brutal expatriation of thousands of Cherokee to Indian Territory is now commonly referred to as the Trail of Tears.
A central purpose of their expatriation was to escape the burdensome rules and customs of the native land, and they were in no hurry to assume a foreign set of obligations.—
Joseph O'Neill
Joseph O'NeillAt the time, however, the most prominent American poets of the Modernist golden age of the 1920s felt betrayed by the expatriation of Pound and Eliot and considered their poetry insufficiently American.—Monroe K. Spears
Monroe K. SpearsExamples of expatriation in a Sentence
the brutal expatriation of thousands of Cherokee to Indian Territory is now commonly referred to as the Trail of Tears
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On another, the Internal Revenue Code stands ready with its expatriation tax regime—potentially ensnaring not only those who voluntarily renounce their citizenship but also those whose citizenship is stripped away.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Mackenzie sued, arguing that under the Constitution, her American birth gave her citizenship as a right, not a privilege, to be removed only as punishment for a crime or through voluntary expatriation.
—Marcia Biederman, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2025
The other half of the Court, however, invoked a number of constitutional rights in support of striking down and restricting laws permitting denaturalization and expatriation.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 4 July 2025
In fact, hard-line Israelis cannot envision a solution to the Iranian nuclear problem that doesn’t involve the total dismantlement of its centrifuges and expatriation of its uranium.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Timing the expatriation strategically can help minimize the tax impact on Social Security benefits.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Mackenzie sued, arguing that under the Constitution, her American birth gave her citizenship as a right, not a privilege, to be removed only as punishment for a crime or through voluntary expatriation.
—Marcia Biederman, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2025
The other half of the Court, however, invoked a number of constitutional rights in support of striking down and restricting laws permitting denaturalization and expatriation.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 4 July 2025
In fact, hard-line Israelis cannot envision a solution to the Iranian nuclear problem that doesn’t involve the total dismantlement of its centrifuges and expatriation of its uranium.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
Timing the expatriation strategically can help minimize the tax impact on Social Security benefits.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Expatriation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expatriation. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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