/ ˌriːˈsetl; NAmE / verb
1.
to help people go and live in a new country or area; to go and live in a new country or area :
[ vn ]
Many of the refugees were resettled in Britain and Canada.
[also v ]
2.
[ vn ] to start to use an area again as a place to live :
The region was only resettled 200 years later.
3.
to make yourself comfortable in a new position :
[ v ]
The birds flew around and then resettled on the pond.
[also vn ]
► re·set·tle·ment noun [ U ]:
the resettlement of refugees
a resettlement agency