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Definition of "resettlement" [re•set•tle•ment]

  • The transportation of a group of people to a new settlement (noun)

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Use "resettlement" in a sentence
  • "Watson says as the legal fight goes on, “many Bushmen are languishing in resettlement camps.”"
  • "Volcan is proposing a shorter-term resettlement plan that would involve the construction of housing and public institutions in an area not far from the mine, he said."
  • "The resettlement, which is slated to begin this fall, is likely to elicit strong reactions from people on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."