repatriation.

The return of people, assets, or cultural objects to a country of origin or citizenship.

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Words that belong together

• cultural repatriation
• repatriation of funds

On the page

The museum negotiated the repatriation of the objects.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.