English noun: dispossession | |||
1. | dispossession (act) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law | ||
Synonyms | eviction, legal ouster | ||
Broader (hypernym) | due process, due process of law | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | actual eviction, ouster, retaliatory eviction | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
2. | dispossession (cognition) freeing from evil spirits | ||
Synonyms | exorcism | ||
Broader (hypernym) | supernaturalism | ||
Part holonym | evocation, summoning | ||