patriation

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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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