resettlement

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resettlement - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Resettlement \Re*set"tle*ment\ (-ment), n.
     Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as,
     the resettlement of lees.
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           The resettlement of my discomposed soul. --Norris.
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resettlement - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  resettlement
      n 1: the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a
           new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) [syn:
           resettlement, relocation]