dispossession

noun

freeing from evil spirits

the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

Roots

disdis- · Latin · reversal, un-sedeo-sess · Latin · sit

Synonyms for dispossession

evictionn expropriationn oustern deprivationn dislodgmentn repossessionn deprivementn disinheritancen spoliationn foreclosuren

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The word dispossession breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“reversal, un-”); and -sess, from Latin sedeo (“sit”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.