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deportation

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /diːˌpɔːˈteɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: D IY2 P AO0 R T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance

3

noun

Meaning 3

the act of expelling a person from their native land

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exile, expatriation, transportation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: banishment, proscription

Narrower terms: Babylonian Captivity

History

Etymology

From Middle French déportation, equivalent to deport + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: dëbim — act of deporting or exiling
  • Albanian: deportim — act of deporting or exiling
  • Arabic: طَرْد (ṭard) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Armenian: վտարում (vtarum) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Azerbaijani: deportasiya — act of deporting or exiling
  • Belarusian: дэпарта́цыя (departácyja) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Belarusian: вы́сылка (výsylka) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Bulgarian: изсе́лване (izsélvane) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Bulgarian: депорти́ране (deportírane) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Catalan: deportació — act of deporting or exiling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驅逐出境 /驱逐出境 (qūzhú chūjìng) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驅逐 /驱逐 (qūzhú) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Czech: deportace — act of deporting or exiling
  • Danish: deportation — act of deporting or exiling
  • Dutch: deportatie — act of deporting or exiling
  • Estonian: küüditamine — act of deporting or exiling
  • Estonian: deporteerimine — act of deporting or exiling
  • Estonian: deportatsioon — act of deporting or exiling
  • Finnish: kyyditys — act of deporting or exiling
  • Finnish: karkottaminen — act of deporting or exiling
  • Finnish: karkotus — act of deporting or exiling
  • Finnish: pakkosiirto — act of deporting or exiling
  • French: déportation — act of deporting or exiling
  • Georgian: დეპორტაცია (deṗorṭacia) — act of deporting or exiling
  • German: Abschiebung — act of deporting or exiling
  • German: Ausweisung — act of deporting or exiling
  • German: Deportation — act of deporting or exiling
  • Greek: απέλαση (apélasi) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Hebrew: גירוש (gerush) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Hindi: निर्वासन (nirvāsan) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Hindi: प्रत्यर्पण (pratyarpaṇ) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Hungarian: kitoloncolás — act of deporting or exiling
  • Hungarian: deportálás — act of deporting or exiling
  • Hungarian: kiutasítás — act of deporting or exiling
  • Hungarian: elhurcolás — act of deporting or exiling
  • Indonesian: deportasi — act of deporting or exiling
  • Italian: deportazione — act of deporting or exiling
  • Japanese: 追放 (tsuihō) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Kazakh: депортация (deportasiä) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Korean: 추방 (chubang) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Kyrgyz: депортация (deportatsiya) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Latvian: deportācija — act of deporting or exiling
  • Latvian: izsūtījums — act of deporting or exiling
  • Latvian: izsūtīšana — act of deporting or exiling
  • Lithuanian: deportacija — act of deporting or exiling
  • Macedonian: депортација (deportacija) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Malay: deportasi — act of deporting or exiling
  • Malay: pengusiran — act of deporting or exiling
  • Māori: tūwhititanga — act of deporting or exiling
  • Māori: tereputanga — act of deporting or exiling
  • Norwegian Bokmål: deportasjon — act of deporting or exiling
  • Polish: deportacja — act of deporting or exiling
  • Portuguese: deportação — act of deporting or exiling
  • Romanian: deportare — act of deporting or exiling
  • Russian: депорта́ция (deportácija) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Russian: вы́сылка (výsylka) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Russian: изгна́ние (izgnánije) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Serbo-Croatian: депорта́ција — act of deporting or exiling
  • Serbo-Croatian: deportácija — act of deporting or exiling
  • Slovak: deportácia — act of deporting or exiling
  • Slovene: deportacija — act of deporting or exiling
  • Slovene: izgon — act of deporting or exiling
  • Spanish: deportación — act of deporting or exiling
  • Swedish: deportation — act of deporting or exiling
  • Swedish: utvisning — act of deporting or exiling
  • Tajik: депортатсия (deportatsiya) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Thai: การเนรเทศ (gaan-nee-rá-têet) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Turkish: sınırdışı — act of deporting or exiling
  • Turkish: sınır dışı etme — act of deporting or exiling
  • Ukrainian: депорта́ція (deportácija) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Ukrainian: ви́силка (výsylka) — act of deporting or exiling
  • Uzbek: deportatsiya — act of deporting or exiling
  • Vietnamese: sự trục xuất — act of deporting or exiling
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