patriation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
English; especially Canadian English. Back-formation from repatriation.
Noun[edit]
patriation (countable and uncountable, plural patriations)
- (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.