v. t. | 1. | To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of. |
2. | Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country. |
Noun | 1. | expatriate - voluntarily absent from home or country Synonyms: exile |
Verb | 1. | expatriate - expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions" Antonyms: repatriate - admit back into the country |
2. | expatriate - move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad |