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DISPOSSESSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
Synonyms:
dispossession; eviction; legal ouster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dispossession" is a kind of...):
due process; due process of law ((law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dispossession"):
ouster (a wrongful dispossession)
actual eviction (the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent)
retaliatory eviction (an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states)
Derivation:
dispossess (deprive of the possession of real estate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Freeing from evil spirits
Synonyms:
dispossession; exorcism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dispossession" is a kind of...):
supernaturalism (a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding)
Meronyms (parts of "dispossession"):
evocation; summoning (calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations)
