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dispossession
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dispossession
n.
act of depriving of home or property, confiscation, eviction
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dispossession
Noun
1. the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
(synonym) eviction, legal ouster
(hypernym) due process, due process of law
(hyponym) ouster
(derivation) dispossess
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. freeing from evil spirits
(synonym) exorcism
(hypernym) supernaturalism
(part-meronym) evocation, summoning
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dispossession
Rzecz.
wywłaszczenie
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Dispossession
(n.)
The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster.
The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster.
(n.)
The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.
The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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dispossession
Synonyms and related words:
bereavement, cost, damage, dead loss, debit, denial, denudation, deprivation, deprivement, despoilment, destruction, detriment, disendowment, disherison, disinheritance, dislodgment, disownment, disseisin, divestment, eviction, expense, expropriation, foreclosure, forfeit, forfeiture, injury, loser, losing, losing streak, loss, ouster, ousting, perdition, privation, reclaiming, repossessing, repossession, robbery, ruin, sacrifice, spoliation, stripping, taking away, total loss
bereavement, cost, damage, dead loss, debit, denial, denudation, deprivation, deprivement, despoilment, destruction, detriment, disendowment, disherison, disinheritance, dislodgment, disownment, disseisin, divestment, eviction, expense, expropriation, foreclosure, forfeit, forfeiture, injury, loser, losing, losing streak, loss, ouster, ousting, perdition, privation, reclaiming, repossessing, repossession, robbery, ruin, sacrifice, spoliation, stripping, taking away, total loss
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
