Eviction
/ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of evicting. countable, uncountable
"order of eviction"
- 2 the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law wordnet
- 3 The state of being evicted. countable, uncountable
- 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
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More examples"We received an eviction notice."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō.