- to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to their country or land of citizenship.
- to send (profits or other assets) back to one's own country.
- to restore to a country that has attained sovereignty something that was formerly held or administered on that country’s behalf by a colonial power: In 1982, the Trudeau government repatriated Canada's constitution from Britain.
- to return to one's own country: to repatriate after 20 years abroad.
- a person who has been repatriated.
- to send back (a refugee, prisoner of war, etc) to the country of his birth or citizenship
- to send back (a sum of money previously invested abroad) to its country of origin
- a person who has been repatriated
