repatriation

noun

Etymology: Either a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin repatriātiō (“act of restoring someone to their homeland”) or from Italian repatriazione and remodelled after words in -ation. By surface analysis, repatriate + -ion.

1. The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.
2. The process of returning artworks, museum exhibits, etc. to their country of origin.
3. The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.