dispossession
1dispossession — I noun abridgment, assumption, bereavement, condemnation, confiscation, dislodgment, disownment, disqualification, distrust, divestment, ejection, eviction, expropriation, expulsion, foreclosure, forfeiture, ouster, privation, removal, taking,… …
2Dispossession — Dis pos*ses sion, n. [Cf. F. d[ e]possession.] 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a… …
3dispossession — 1570s, noun of action from DISPOSSESS (Cf. dispossess) …
4dispossession — dispossess dis‧pos‧sess [ˌdɪspəˈzes] verb [transitive] to take property or land away from someone, often illegally: • black South Africans who had been dispossessed of their homes dispossession noun [uncountable] …
5dispossession — n. 1. Deprivation. 2. (Law.) Ouster, disseizin, wrongful dispossession …
6dispossession — dispossess ► VERB 1) deprive of land or property. 2) (in sport) deprive (a player) of the ball. DERIVATIVES dispossession noun …
7dispossession — noun see dispossess …
8dispossession — See dispossess. * * * …
9dispossession — noun The act of dispossessing …
10dispossession — Synonyms and related words: bereavement, cost, damage, dead loss, debit, denial, denudation, deprivation, deprivement, despoilment, destruction, detriment, disendowment, disherison, disinheritance, dislodgment, disownment, disseisin, divestment,… …