1. dispossession(n = noun.act) eviction, legal ouster - the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law;
is a kind of due process, due process of law
has particulars: ouster, actual eviction, retaliatory eviction
Derived form verb dispossess1
2. dispossession(n = noun.cognition) exorcism - freeing from evil spirits;
is a kind of supernaturalism
has parts: evocation, summoning
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