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1 [intransitive and transitive]SG to go to live in a new country or area, or to help people do this : 
The tribesmen were forcibly resettled by the government.
The tribesmen were forcibly resettled by the government.2 [transitive]SG to start using an area again as a place to live : The area was resettled in the latter half of the century.
The area was resettled in the latter half of the century. —resettlement noun [uncountable]
