Definition of RESETTLEMENT

resettlement

Plural: resettlements

Noun

  • the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
  • The transportation of a group of people to a new settlement.

Origin / Etymology

From re- + settlement.

Synonyms

relocation

Scrabble Score: 14

resettlement: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
resettlement: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
resettlement: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

resettlement: valid Words With Friends Word