Exile and Repatriate

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Exile verb - To force to leave a country.

Usage example: with their conquest of the Moors complete, Ferdinand and Isabella next exiled the Jews from Spain

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Repatriate is an antonym for exile.

Nearby Words: exiled, exiling, exilic

Repatriate verb - Admit back into the country.

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Exile is an antonym for repatriate.

Nearby Words: repatriation, repatriated, repatriating, repatriable

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