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Definitions

resettlement

NOUN
emigration
Synonyms
STRONG
colonization crossing defection departure displacement exile exodus expatriation journey leaving march movement peregrination relocation removal settling shift transplanting travel trek voyage wandering
WEAK
homesteading moving reestablishment uprooting
Antonyms
STRONG
arrival entrance
WEAK
arriving immigration remaining
NOUN
immigration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exodus migration travel
STRONG
colonization crossing defection departure displacement exile expatriation journey leaving march movement peregrination relocation removal settling shift transmigration transplanting trek voyage wandering
WEAK
homesteading moving reestablishment uprooting
Antonyms
STRONG
entrance

Example Sentences

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For 18 months, Alia has been waiting in a transit camp in Qatar for her promised resettlement to the US.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Since MI6 was short on cash, the CIA funded Mitrokhin’s resettlement in Britian in exchange for access to his notes and transcriptions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Hotak, 38, is an Afghan immigrant who served as a program manager at refugee resettlement organization Lao Family Community Development until layoffs due to federal cuts forced him out of work in May.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

A first group of around 50 Afrikaners -- descendants of the first European settlers of South Africa -- arrived for resettlement in the United States in May.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

The visitors said the government was preparing resettlement villages for everyone on the shores of the future lake.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo