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Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

constructive evictiondisendowmentdisherisondisinheritancedislodgmentdisownment

Antonyms

All antonyms

antievictionnoneviction

Example

More examples

"We received an eviction notice."

Etymology

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

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