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Deportation

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

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Banishment 76% connected

The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ejection 76% connected

The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation.

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Exclusion 76% connected

The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of bein…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Expulsion 76% connected

The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.

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Proscription 76% connected

The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a…

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Riddance 76% connected

The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.

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Deport 74% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deport 74% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Expatriate 74% connected

To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Expatriate 74% connected

To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exile 92% connected

Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Expatriation 92% connected

The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Transportation 92% connected

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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