noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/
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rhymes with -ɪkʃən
CMU ARPABET:IH0 V IH1 K SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of evicting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
order of eviction
face eviction
threat of eviction
The family faced eviction after missing several payments.
Protesters resisted the eviction of squatters.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The state of being evicted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dispossession, legal ouster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: due process, due process of law
Narrower terms: ouster, actual eviction, retaliatory eviction
4
noun
Meaning 4
action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: constructive eviction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compulsion, coercion
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
طَرْد
(ṭard)
— the act of evicting
Armenian:
վտարում
(vtarum)
— the act of evicting
Bulgarian:
изгонване
(izgonvane)
— the act of evicting
Bulgarian:
изселване
(izselvane)
— the act of evicting
Catalan:
desallotjament
— the act of evicting
Catalan:
desnonament
— the act of evicting
Catalan:
evicció
— the act of evicting
Chinese Mandarin:
驅逐 /驱逐
(qūzhú)
— the act of evicting
Chinese Mandarin:
赶出
(gǎnchū)
— the act of evicting
Czech:
vystěhování
— the act of evicting
Danish:
udsættelse
— the act of evicting
Dutch:
uitwijzing
— the act of evicting
Esperanto:
eldomigo
— the act of evicting
French:
expulsion
— the act of evicting
French:
éviction
— the act of evicting
Georgian:
გასახლება
(gasaxleba)
— the act of evicting
Georgian:
გამოსახლება
(gamosaxleba)
— the act of evicting
Georgian:
განდევნა
(gandevna)
— the act of evicting
German:
Ausweisung
— the act of evicting
German:
Exmission
— the act of evicting
German:
Vertreibung
— the act of evicting
German:
Zwangsräumung
— the act of evicting
Greek:
έξωση
(éxosi)
— the act of evicting
Hungarian:
kilakoltatás
— the act of evicting
Italian:
espulsione
— the act of evicting
Italian:
sfratto
— the act of evicting
Japanese:
立ち退き
(tachinoki)
— the act of evicting
Japanese:
立ち退かせること
(Tachinokaserukoto)
— the act of evicting
Latin:
dēiectiō
— the act of evicting
Māori:
tutenga
— the act of evicting
Māori:
peinga
— the act of evicting
Norwegian Bokmål:
utkastelse
— the act of evicting
Polish:
ewikcja
— the act of evicting
Polish:
eksmisja
— the act of evicting
Portuguese:
despejo
— the act of evicting
Romanian:
evulsiune
— the act of evicting
Russian:
выселе́ние
(vyselénije)
— the act of evicting
Russian:
изгна́ние
(izgnánije)
— the act of evicting
Russian:
лише́ние со́бственности
(lišénije sóbstvennosti)
— the act of evicting
Serbo-Croatian:
deložacija
— the act of evicting
Serbo-Croatian:
prisilno iseljenje
— the act of evicting
