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noun
The act of dispossessing someone of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: eviction, legal ouster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: due process, due process of law
Narrower terms: ouster, actual eviction, retaliatory eviction
noun
freeing from evil spirits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: exorcism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supernaturalism
History
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English possession English dispossession From dis- + possession.
