Akademik

dispossession

noun

1. the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑eviction, ↑legal ouster

• Derivationally related forms: ↑dispossess, ↑evict (for: ↑eviction)

• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence

• Hypernyms: ↑due process, ↑due process of law

• Hyponyms: ↑ouster, ↑actual eviction, ↑retaliatory eviction

2. freeing from evil spirits

• Syn: ↑exorcism

• Derivationally related forms: ↑exorcist (for: ↑exorcism), ↑exorcize (for: ↑exorcism)

• Hypernyms: ↑supernaturalism

• Part Meronyms: ↑evocation, ↑summoning

Useful english dictionary. 2012.