Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dispossession

2 senses of dispossession

Sense 1
eviction, dispossession, legal ouster -- (the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law)
       => due process, due process of law -- ((law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards)

Sense 2
exorcism, dispossession -- (freeing from evil spirits)
       => supernaturalism -- (a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding)

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