repatriation

From Late Latin repatrio (“to restore someone to their homeland”).

repatriation (countable and uncountable, plural repatriations)

1. The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.
2. The process of returning artworks, museum exhibits, etc. to their country of origin.
3. The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.

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