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

2 senses of eviction

Sense 1
eviction, constructive eviction -- (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)
       => compulsion, coercion -- (using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion")

Sense 2
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)