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Eviction

//ɪˈvɪk.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of evicting. countable, uncountable

    "order of eviction"

  2. 2
    the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being evicted. countable, uncountable
  4. 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 wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō.

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