• Patriation

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    Canadian English. Back-formation from {{3}}

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    patriation

    (plural patriations)
    1. (Canada) 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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