| 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 | ||