patriation

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English

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Etymology

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English; especially Canadian English. Back-formation from repatriation.

Noun

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patriation (countable and uncountable, plural patriations)

  1. (Commonwealth) The transfer of a governmental power from a former mother country to a newly independent one.
    The patriation of Canada's constitution from the United Kingdom took place in 1982.
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