Definition for Deportation:

• the act of expelling a person from their native land; " men in exile dream of hope"; " his deportation to a penal colony"; " the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; " the sentence was one of transportation for life"

Synonyms for Deportation:

• n.

  •
  • expel,
  • banish,
  • drive out,
  • hound,
  • send away,
  • displace,
  • deport,
  • evict,
  • starve out.
  •
  • reward,
  • accept.
  •act (noun)
  • exile,
  • transportation,
  • deportation.
  •banishment (noun)
  • eviction,
  • relegation,
  • expulsion,
  • ostracism,
  • displacement.
  •dismissal (noun)
  • freeing,
  • kiss-off,
  • brushoff,
  • kiss off,
  • conge,
  • Deposal,
  • relegations,
  • old heave-ho,
  • Freedoms,
  • brush-off,
  • housecleaning,
  • dislodgment,
  • old heave ho.
  •exclusion (noun)
  • prohibition,
  • forbiddance,
  • Disallowance,
  • denial,
  • disbarment,
  • ban,
  • excommunication,
  • rejection,
  • amputation,
  • abscission,
  • repudiation,
  • elimination,
  • exclusion,
  • boycott,
  • renouncement,
  • eradication,
  • proscription,
  • excision,
  • ejection.
  •expatriation (noun)
  • ex-patriation,
  • ex patriations,
  • ex patriation,
  • ex-patriations.
  •extradition (noun)
  • ex traditions,
  • ex tradition,
  • ex-traditions,
  • ex-tradition.
  •removal (noun)
  • ex-tractions,
  • ex terminations,
  • ex-terminations,
  • re placements,
  • re-placement,
  • ex-termination,
  • ex tractions,
  • ex-traction,
  • re-placements.
  •seclusion (noun)
  • segregation,
  • seclusion,
  • Reclusion,
  • apartheid,
  • captivity,
  • aloofness,
  • misanthropy,
  • solitude,
  • aloneness,
  • alienation,
  • xenophobia,
  • detachment,
  • loneliness,
  • anonymity,
  • standoffishness,
  • extirpation,
  • separation,
  • isolation,
  • confinement.
  •transfer (noun)
  • convection,
  • transference,
  • transposition,
  • transmittal,
  • transmittals,
  • transpositions,
  • transferences,
  • conduction.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • banishment,
  • dismissal,
  • expatriation,
  • extradition,
  • removal,
  • transfer.

Paraphrases for Deportation:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    expulsion, expulsions, Deporting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    expulsion, Deported, Deporting.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ejection.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Recommendations, extrusion, remoteness, 'expulsion, ouster, departure, detention, rendition, alienation, carry-over, return, estrangement, referral, rejection, termination, Restraining.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    Deported, deport, removal.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    refoulement, relocation, deportee, displacement, deport, removal, persecution.

Antonyms for Deportation:

• n.

  • banishment
    permission, welcoming, approval.
  • Other antonyms:
    repatriation, return, immigration.

Deportation Sentence Examples:

• He must fight as a point of honour for his family and country; and in his case, even if he escaped on the field of battle, deportation was the least to be looked for.

• Again, the Labour members were creating difficulties both at Capetown and Westminster over General Smuts's Deportation Bill, which compelled the Government to amend its conditional banishment clause - a hardship that was not as vital or as absolute as the banishment clauses against black tenants in the Natives' Land Act.

Homophones for Deportation:

• depredation.

Hyponym for Deportation:

• n.

  • act
    ejection, banishment, exclusion, riddance, proscription, expulsion.